From a82f845b84f68085fa64622fce321f510cf22acb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tai Groot <tai@taigrr.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:49:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add IsRunning helper

---
 helpers.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 10a6c16..bb7aec9 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -97,3 +97,10 @@ func IsMasked(ctx context.Context, unit string, opts Options) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+// check if a service is running
+// https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/396633
+func IsRunning(ctx context.Context, unit string, opts Options) (bool, error) {
+	status, err := Show(ctx, unit, properties.SubState, opts)
+	return status == "running", err
+}