sub check_running {
	my $return = `ps -ef | grep process_incoming | grep -v grep | wc -l | tr -d '[:space:]'`;
	# blah...running from cron, there's two processes -- sh, and perl:
	if ( $return != 2 and $return != 1 ) {
		# wrap this in an eval to keep it quiet
		# (or the 'die' will generate output)
		eval {
			&log_error("Aborting -- 'process_incoming' showing in ps  [$return]");
		};
		exit;
	}
	return;
}