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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def check_server_running(pid):
 """ Determine if the given process is running """

    if pid == os.getpid():
        # special case--we're in Docker or some other kind of container
        # (or we got really unlucky and got the same PID twice).
        # this PID does not correspond to another running server, either way.
        return False

    try:
        os.kill(pid, 0)
        return True
    except OSError as oe:
        if oe.errno == errno.ESRCH:
            return False
        else:
            raise