adding requested changes

beeflow/client/bee_client.py

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def check_hostname(curr_hn, stop=False):
     """Check current front end name matches the one beeflow was started on."""
     db = bdb.connect_db(client_db, db_path())
     start_hn = db.info.get_hostname()
-    if start_hn != "" and curr_hn != start_hn:  # noqa: don't use set instead
+    if start_hn and curr_hn != start_hn:  # noqa: don't use set instead
         warn(f'beeflow was started on "{start_hn}" and you are trying to '
              f'run a command on "{curr_hn}".')
     if start_hn == "":

beeflow/client/core.py

@@ -432,9 +432,6 @@ def status():
     status_hn = socket.gethostname()  # hostname when beeflow core status returned
     resp = cli_connection.send(paths.beeflow_socket(), {'type': 'status'})
     if resp is None:
-        beeflow_log = paths.log_fname('beeflow')
-        warn('Cannot connect to the beeflow daemon, is it running? Check the '
-             f'log at "{beeflow_log}".')
         bee_client.check_hostname(status_hn)
         sys.exit(1)
     print('beeflow components:')

beeflow/common/db/client_db.py

@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ def get_hostname(self):
         hostname = result
         return hostname
 
-    def get_info(self):
-        """Return an info object containing port information."""
-        stmt = "SELECT * FROM info"
-        result = bdb.getone(self.db_file, stmt)
-        info = self.Info(*result)
-        return info
-
 
 class ClientDB:
     """Client database."""