Make isvalidpid() know about pidfile the same as the other *pid functions do.(consistency)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/etc/inc/util.inc b/etc/inc/util.inc
index 90a5f9f..e4efbfb 100644
--- a/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ function killbypid($pidfile) {
 }
 
 function isvalidpid($pid) {
-	$running = `ps -p $pid | wc -l`;
-	if(intval($running) > 1)
-		return true;
-	else 
-		return false;
+	$output = "";
+	exec("/bin/pgrep -F {$pid}", $output, $retval);
+
+        return (intval($retval) == 0);
 }
 
 function is_process_running($process) {