diff --git a/conf/type/__process/explorer/cksum b/conf/type/__process/explorer/cksum
deleted file mode 100755
index dcad99ba..00000000
--- a/conf/type/__process/explorer/cksum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# 2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
-#
-# This file is part of cdist.
-#
-# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#
-# Retrieve the md5sum of a file to be created, if it is already existing.
-#
-
-destination="/$__object_id"
-
-if [ -e "$destination" ]; then
-   if [ -f  "$destination" ]; then
-      cksum < "$destination"
-   else
-      echo "NO REGULAR FILE"
-   fi
-else
-   echo "NO FILE FOUND, NO CHECKSUM CALCULATED."
-fi
diff --git a/conf/type/__process/explorer/exists b/conf/type/__process/explorer/runs
similarity index 85%
rename from conf/type/__process/explorer/exists
rename to conf/type/__process/explorer/runs
index f8b85671..685dd19e 100755
--- a/conf/type/__process/explorer/exists
+++ b/conf/type/__process/explorer/runs
@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #
-# Check whether file exists or not
+# Check whether a process runs
 #
 
-destination="/$__object_id"
+process="$__object_id"
 
-if [ -e "$destination" ]; then
-   echo yes
-else
-   echo no
-fi
+pgrep -f "$process" || true