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authorDylan Araps <dylan.araps@gmail.com>2018-07-06 09:04:49 +1000
committerDylan Araps <dylan.araps@gmail.com>2018-07-06 09:04:49 +1000
commitf26a8bbb5edcc2a485b2952db57742a2a1053187 (patch)
tree978db12599c576c0a19b34c0edbc494ac3650d10 /pywal/util.py
parent7e797405c552d545d185a086e5d13cd25e1c0413 (diff)
reload: Check pids first.
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diff --git a/pywal/util.py b/pywal/util.py
index a915a43..1752f71 100644
--- a/pywal/util.py
+++ b/pywal/util.py
@@ -168,3 +168,11 @@ def disown(cmd):
subprocess.Popen(cmd,
stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
+
+def get_pid(name):
+ """Check if process is running by name."""
+ try:
+ subprocess.check_output(["pidof", "-s", name])
+ except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+ return False