// vim:ts=8:expandtab #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "i3status.h" /* * Checks if the PID in path is still valid by sending signal 0 (does not do * anything). kill() will return ESRCH if the process does not exist and 0 or * EPERM (depending on the uid) if it exists. * */ bool process_runs(const char *path) { static char pidbuf[16]; static glob_t globbuf; memset(pidbuf, 0, sizeof(pidbuf)); if (glob(path, GLOB_NOCHECK | GLOB_TILDE, NULL, &globbuf) < 0) die("glob() failed\n"); if (!slurp((globbuf.gl_pathc > 0 ? globbuf.gl_pathv[0] : path), pidbuf, sizeof(pidbuf))) { globfree(&globbuf); return false; } globfree(&globbuf); return (kill(strtol(pidbuf, NULL, 10), 0) == 0 || errno == EPERM); }