[GH-ISSUE #295] [QUESTION]: How can I tell if there is a daemon running? #155

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opened 2026-03-02 23:45:03 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-03-02 23:45:03 +03:00

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Originally created by @joebonneau on GitHub (Nov 18, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/295

Hey there,

I was curious if there was any easy way to tell whether a spotify_player daemon is already running. I would need to do some more defined testing to provide context, but it seems that sometimes it's not running when I expect it to be, which then requires me to close the player and run spotify_player -d to spin it up again.

I have a feeling this might be accomplished by running some sort of system command - if it matters, I'm on MacOS.

Thanks in advance!

Originally created by @joebonneau on GitHub (Nov 18, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/295 Hey there, I was curious if there was any easy way to tell whether a spotify_player daemon is already running. I would need to do some more defined testing to provide context, but it seems that sometimes it's not running when I expect it to be, which then requires me to close the player and run `spotify_player -d` to spin it up again. I have a feeling this might be accomplished by running some sort of system command - if it matters, I'm on MacOS. Thanks in advance!

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kerem commented

2026-03-02 23:45:05 +03:00

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@aome510 commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2023):

Daemon should also provide log and backtrace, you can check them in the cache folder

@aome510 commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2023): Daemon should also provide log and backtrace, you can check them in the cache folder

kerem commented

2026-03-02 23:45:05 +03:00

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@joebonneau commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2023):

Gotcha, thanks. I was hoping for something less manual if it exists. Like a specifically named process within htop or a cli command I can run.

@joebonneau commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2023): Gotcha, thanks. I was hoping for something less manual if it exists. Like a specifically named process within htop or a cli command I can run.

kerem commented

2026-03-02 23:45:05 +03:00

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@aome510 commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2023):

I'll close this issue for now. Feel free to re-open it if you have other related questions

@aome510 commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2023): I'll close this issue for now. Feel free to re-open it if you have other related questions

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