+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>is-system-running</command></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Checks whether the system is running. This returns
+ success when the system is fully up and running, meaning
+ not in startup, shutdown or maintainance mode. Failure is
+ returned otherwise. In addition, the current state is
+ printed in a short string to standard output. Use
+ <option>--quiet</option> to suppress output of this state
+ string.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+