Running check (#3)

* Check if the daemon is running by querying the PIDs on the system instead of a marker file

* code folded for better visibility

* code folded for better visibility

* adjust to naming conventions

* remove unused code

* make the `daemon running` warning more simple

Co-authored-by: Velimir <vivel@users.noreply.github.com>

auto-cpufreq.py

@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ bat_state = p.sensors_battery().power_plugged
 # auto-cpufreq log file
 auto_cpufreq_log_file = "/var/log/auto-cpufreq.log"
 
-# daemon deployment marker
-daemon_marker = "/etc/opt/auto-cpufreq"
-
 # deploy cpufreqctl script
 def cpufreqctl():
     # deploy cpufreqctl script (if missing)
@@ -355,20 +352,27 @@ def read_log():
         print("ERROR: auto-cpufreq log is missing.\n\nMake sure to run: \"python3 auto-cpufreq.py --install\" first")
     footer(79)
 
-def marker_check():
+def running_check():
-    if os.path.isfile(daemon_marker):
+    daemon_marker = False
+    for proc in p.process_iter():
+        try:
+            pinfo = proc.as_dict(attrs=['pid', 'name', 'cmdline'])
+        except p.NoSuchProcess:
+            pass
+        else:
+            if pinfo['name'] == 'python3' and \
+            '/usr/bin/auto-cpufreq' in pinfo['cmdline'] and '--daemon' in pinfo['cmdline']:
+                daemon_marker = True
+
+    if daemon_marker:
         print("\n" + "-" * 25 + " detected auto-cpufreq daemon" + "-" * 25 + "\n")
         print("ERROR: prevention from running multiple instances")
-        print("\nIt seems like auto-cpufreq daemon is already running.\n\nTo view live log run:\nauto-cpufreq --log")
+        print("\nIt seems like auto-cpufreq daemon is already running.\n")
-        print("\nTo disable and remove auto-cpufreq daemon, run:\nsudo auto-cpufreq --remove")
+        print("----")
+        print("\nTo view live log run:\n\tauto-cpufreq --log")
         footer(79)
         sys.exit()
 
-def marker_create(f):
-    f = open(f, "w")
-    f.write("auto-cpufreq daemon intsall marker")
-    f.close()
-
 # cli
 @click.command()
 @click.option("--monitor", is_flag=True, help="Monitor and suggest CPU optimizations")
@@ -399,7 +403,7 @@ def cli(monitor, live, daemon, install, log):
                 subprocess.call("clear")
         elif monitor:
             while True:
-                marker_check()
+                running_check()
                 root_check()
                 gov_check()
                 cpufreqctl()
@@ -409,7 +413,7 @@ def cli(monitor, live, daemon, install, log):
                 subprocess.call("clear")
         elif live:
             while True:
-                marker_check()
+                running_check()
                 root_check()
                 gov_check()
                 cpufreqctl()
@@ -420,11 +424,10 @@ def cli(monitor, live, daemon, install, log):
         elif log:
                 read_log()
         elif install:
-                marker_check()
+                running_check()
                 root_check()
                 gov_check()
                 deploy()
-                marker_create(daemon_marker)
         elif remove:
                 root_check()
                 remove()