Merge pull request #89 from jonboulle/sdbooted

util: add IsRunningSystemd (similar to sd_booted)

util/util.go

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+// Copyright 2015 CoreOS, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package util contains utility functions related to systemd that applications
+// can use to check things like whether systemd is running.
+package util
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+// IsRunningSystemd checks whether the host was booted with systemd as its init
+// system. This functions similar to systemd's `sd_booted(3)`: internally, it
+// checks whether /run/systemd/system/ exists and is a directory.
+// http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_booted.html
+func IsRunningSystemd() bool {
+	fi, err := os.Lstat("/run/systemd/system")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return fi.IsDir()
+}