diff -urN mongrel_cluster-0.2.0.orig/bin/mongrel_cluster_ctl mongrel_cluster-0.2.0/bin/mongrel_cluster_ctl
--- mongrel_cluster-0.2.0.orig/bin/mongrel_cluster_ctl	Sat Jul 29 21:42:19 2006
+++ mongrel_cluster-0.2.0/bin/mongrel_cluster_ctl	Sat Jul 29 21:41:59 2006
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 require 'optparse'
 
-def run(command, verbose)
+def run(command, verbose, status = nil)
   Dir.chdir @options[:conf_path] do 
     Dir.glob("*.yml").each do |config|
       cmd = "mongrel_rails cluster::#{command} -c #{config}"
       cmd += " -v" if verbose
       puts cmd if verbose
       output = `#{cmd}`
-      puts output if verbose
+      puts output if verbose || status
       puts "mongrel_rails cluster::#{command} returned an error." unless $?.success?     
     end
   end  
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @options[:verbose] = false
 
 OptionParser.new do |opts|
-  opts.banner = "Usage: #{$0} (start|stop|restart) [options]"
+  opts.banner = "Usage: #{$0} (start|stop|restart|status) [options]"
  
   opts.on("-c", "--conf_path PATH", "Path to mongrel_cluster configuration files") { |value| @options[:conf_path] = value }
   opts.on('-v', '--verbose', "Print all called commands and output.") { |value| @options[:verbose] = value }
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@
   puts "Restarting all mongrel_clusters..."
   run "stop", @options[:verbose]
   run "start", @options[:verbose]
+when "status":
+  run "status", @options[:verbose], true
 else
  puts "Unknown command."
 end
 
-exit
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+exit
diff -urN mongrel_cluster-0.2.0.orig/lib/mongrel_cluster/init.rb mongrel_cluster-0.2.0/lib/mongrel_cluster/init.rb
--- mongrel_cluster-0.2.0.orig/lib/mongrel_cluster/init.rb	Sat Jul 29 21:42:19 2006
+++ mongrel_cluster-0.2.0/lib/mongrel_cluster/init.rb	Sat Jul 29 21:50:10 2006
@@ -152,6 +152,46 @@
     end  
   end
   
+  class Status < GemPlugin::Plugin "/commands"
+    include Mongrel::Command::Base
+
+    def configure
+      options [
+       ['-C', '--config PATH', "Path to config file", :@config_file, "config/mongrel_cluster.yml"],
+       ['-v', '--verbose', "Print all called commands and output.", :@verbose, false]
+      ]
+    end
+
+    def validate
+      valid_exists?(@config_file, "Configuration file does not exist. Run mongrel_rails cluster::configure.")
+      return @valid
+    end
+    
+    def run
+      @options = { 
+       "environment" => ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || "development",
+       "port" => 3000,
+       "pid_file" => "log/mongrel.pid",
+       "servers" => 2 
+      }
+      
+      @conf_options = YAML.load_file(@config_file)
+      @options.merge! @conf_options if @conf_options
+      port = @options["port"].to_i - 1
+      pid = @options["pid_file"].split(".")
+      puts "#{@options["servers"]} Mongrel servers running form #{@config_file}."
+      1.upto(@options["servers"].to_i) do |i|
+        port_pid_file = "#{@options["cwd"]}/#{pid[0]}.#{port+i}.#{pid[1]}"
+        if File.exists?(port_pid_file)
+          port_pid = File.open(port_pid_file).readlines
+          puts "mongrel at #{port+i} running as #{port_pid}."
+        else
+          puts "missing pid for mongrel at #{port+i}"
+        end
+      end
+    end  
+  end
+  
   class Configure < GemPlugin::Plugin "/commands"
     include Mongrel::Command::Base
     
diff -urN mongrel_cluster-0.2.0.orig/lib/mongrel_cluster/recipes.rb mongrel_cluster-0.2.0/lib/mongrel_cluster/recipes.rb
--- mongrel_cluster-0.2.0.orig/lib/mongrel_cluster/recipes.rb	Sat Jul 29 21:42:19 2006
+++ mongrel_cluster-0.2.0/lib/mongrel_cluster/recipes.rb	Sat Jul 29 21:41:59 2006
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@
   end
   
   desc <<-DESC
+  Display the status of the Mongrel processes on the app server.
+  DESC
+  task :status_mongrel_cluster , :roles => :app do
+    set_mongrel_conf
+    send(run_method, "mongrel_rails cluster::status -C #{mongrel_conf}")
+  end
+  
+  desc <<-DESC
   Stop the Mongrel processes on the app server.  This uses the :use_sudo
   variable to determine whether to use sudo or not. By default, :use_sudo is
   set to true.
@@ -75,4 +83,4 @@
     set :mongrel_conf, "/etc/mongrel_cluster/#{application}.conf" unless mongrel_conf
   end
 
-end
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+end