isRunning() Netscript Function

isRunning(filename, hostname/ip[, args...])

Arguments:

• filename (string) – Filename of script to check. This is case-sensitive.
• hostname/ip (string) – Hostname or IP of target server
• args... – Arguments to specify/identify which scripts to search for

RAM cost:

0.1 GB

Returns a boolean indicating whether the specified script is running on the target server. Remember that a script is uniquely identified by both its name and its arguments.

Examples:

In this first example below, the function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script with no arguments running on the foodnstuff server, and false otherwise:

isRunning("foo.script", "foodnstuff");

In this second example below, the function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script with no arguments running on the current server, and false otherwise:

isRunning("foo.script", getHostname());

In this next example below, the function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script running with the arguments 1, 5, and “test” (in that order) on the joesguns server, and false otherwise:

isRunning("foo.script", "joesguns", 1, 5, "test");