Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/status.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/status.c	(revision 4552)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/status.c	(revision 4602)
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@
 int status_sys (int argc, char **argv) {
 
+  if (rl_event_hook == NULL) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "scheduler is stopped\n");
+  } else {
+    fprintf (stderr, "scheduler is running\n");
+  }
   ListTasks ();
   ListJobs ();
