From 43fe30181b104d59382e2454114a29289fdf6cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max G <max3227@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 22:47:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Check if a service is running (Fixed #1337)

---
 updateHostsFile.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/updateHostsFile.py b/updateHostsFile.py
index 8eaff1717..a2f09ebd9 100644
--- a/updateHostsFile.py
+++ b/updateHostsFile.py
@@ -1306,6 +1306,9 @@ def flush_dns_cache():
                 )
 
                 if os.path.isfile(service_file):
+                    if 0 != subprocess.call([systemctl, "status", service],
+                                            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL):
+                        continue
                     dns_cache_found = True
 
                     if subprocess.call(SUDO + [systemctl, "restart", service]):