bitburner-src/markdown/bitburner.ns.isrunning.md
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [bitburner](./bitburner.md) &gt; [NS](./bitburner.ns.md) &gt; [isRunning](./bitburner.ns.isrunning.md)
## 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.
<b>Signature:</b>
```typescript
isRunning(script: string, host: string, ...args: string[]): boolean;
```
## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| script | string | Filename of script to check. This is case-sensitive. |
| host | string | Host or IP of target server. |
| args | string\[\] | Arguments to specify/identify which scripts to search for. |
<b>Returns:</b>
boolean
True if specified script is running on the target server, and false otherwise.
## Remarks
RAM cost: 0.1 GB
## Example 1
```ts
//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
```ts
//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
```ts
//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");
```