how to check tomcat is running or not from a batch file

[seetharaman jayaraman]

hi all,
i have 2 servlets both starts tomcat. but, when the 2nd servlet is trying to start, it gets error (because it is already started by 1st servlet). So, here i need to check whether tomcat is running or not from a DOS batch file

Ex:

set a='echo'
echo %a%

here the result of 'echo' command is stored in variable a. but it failed when i tried like this:

set res='telnet localhost 8080'

please do help

[William Brogden]

i have 2 servlets both starts tomcat.

What does that mean?? Tomcat is a container for servlets, servlets dont start the container they live in!

Bill