Setting BASEDIR in Tomcat 5.0.28

For some reason I cannot get the BASEDIR set right in Tomcat 5.0.28. Isn't it supposed to be set to $CATALINA_HOME ? If not, what? I am using OSX. Thanks for any help. I am used to working with Win$. -- You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back. ~Dakota Jack~

Re: Setting BASEDIR in Tomcat 5.0.28

I think the basedir is the path to your webapps folder (excluding the webapp)- u might want to keep it out of the tomcat installation directories to improve portability or any other reason!! Catalina_home is the path to the tomcat installation - In a default tomcat installation these 2 will be