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NS.isRunning() method

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.

Signature:

isRunning(script: Script, host: Host, ...args: string[]): boolean;

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
script Script Filename of script to check. This is case-sensitive.
host Host Host or IP of target server.
args string[] Arguments to specify/identify which scripts to search for.

Returns:

boolean

True if specified script is running on the target server, and false otherwise.

Remarks

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Example 1

//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");

Example 2

//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());

Example 3

//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");