Determines if the specified server is currently running.
check_server_exists(server_id)
-
server_id - the id of the chips server to query; generally a
string such as "ChipsServer_17334_1".
The check_server_exists command allows the user to verify that
a chips server is running before attempting to connect to it. The
call can be used while the client is already connected to a
different server without having to first disconnect.
The routine returns
True
if the requested server exists and
False
otherwise. If the server does not exist, the routine may take
several seconds to return a value, since the request needs to
time out.
The list_servers command
("ahelp list_servers")
can be used to find out all the ChIPS servers that
are currently running on a machine.
chips> check_server_exists("ChipsServer_17991_1")
True
chips> check_server_exists("ChipsServer_7358_1")
False
Two servers are checked: the first is running and the second
doesn't exist.
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