Howdy, You can also always add -DthisIsMyTomcat=true (or any other distinguishing argument) to the java runtime options, so that you can grep the ps output for this specific parameter if there are multiple java processes.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Oscar Carrillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 6:42 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: Shell script to check if Tomcat is running? > >On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Tim Funk wrote: > >> 2 really simple ways >> >> >> ----------------------------- >> # Assume tomcat is the only java process >> COWBELL=`ps -ef | grep java| grep -v grep | wc -l` >> if [ $COWBELL > 0 ]; then >> echo "Woohoo - the process is there"; >> fi >> ----------------------------- > >This might depend on the shell used, but I think ">" should be "-gt". > >Here's another option in case you have java programs running that aren't >Tomcat: > >#this is all one line >COWBELL=`ps ax --width=1000 | grep \ >"[o]rg.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap \ >start" | awk '{printf $1 " "}' | wc | awk '{print $2}'` >#end of one line >if [ $COWBELL -gt 0 ]; then > echo "Woohoo - Tomcat is there"; >fi > >Cheers, >Oscar > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
