reorganize package for a more idomatic go

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util/process/process.go b/util/process/process.go
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index 00000000..f3bcb7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/process/process.go
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+package process
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// IsRunning tell is a process is running
+func IsRunning(pid int) bool {
+	// never return no error in a unix system
+	process, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Signal 0 doesn't do anything but allow testing the process
+	err = process.Signal(syscall.Signal(0))
+
+	// Todo: distinguish "you don't have access" and "process doesn't exist"
+
+	return err == nil
+}