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
1
if the requested server exists and
0
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");
1
chips> check_server_exists("ChipsServer_7358_1");
0
Two servers are checked: the first is running and the second
doesn't exist.
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