It would appear that you have included an extra \ on the end of
TOMCAT_HOME and JAVA_HOME (JAVA_HOME should be c:\jdk1.3). Take these
ending slashes off and things should probably work fine.
Randy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Gu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 9:55 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: startup problem under win32
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I am a newbie in this area, so please forgive my ignorance.
> I have a question concerning the startup of Tomcat. I use
> windows 2000 server version and wish to integrate Tomcat with
> Apache, which is already configured. I have JDK 1.3 SE
> installed at c:\jdk1.3. I have downloaded the zip file of
> tomcat 3.2.2. After I unzipped the package to
> D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2, I tried to launch Tomcat in command
> window with either "tomcat start" or "tomcat run". The
> problem is the new window disappears immediately if I use
> "tomcat start". The information I got when I use "tomcat
> run" is like this:
> -------------------
> D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2\bin>tomcat run
> Including all jars in D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2\\lib in your CLASSPATH.
>
> Using CLASSPATH:
> D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2\\classes;D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2\\lib\s
> ervlet.jar;D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2\\lib\parser.jar;D:\jakarta-
> tomcat-3.2.2\\lib\
> jaxp.jar;D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2\\lib\ant.jar;D:\jakarta-tomca
> t-3.2.2\\lib\webse
> rver.jar;D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2\\lib\jasper.jar;.;;c:\jdk1.3\
> \lib\tools.jar
>
> Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
> (to execute a class)
> or java -jar [-options] jarfile [args...]
> (to execute a jar file)
>
> where options include:
> -cp -classpath <directories and zip/jar files separated by ;>
> set search path for application classes and
> resources
> -D<name>=<value>
> set a system property
> -verbose[:class|gc|jni]
> enable verbose output
> -version print product version and exit
> -showversion print product version and continue
> -? -help print this help message
> -X print help on non-standard options
> -------------------
> It seems that the command to use java is not appropriate.
> However, this is the exact batch file I use from the package.
> I then tried to use "java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat"
> to launch it manually, but my doubt is that all the java
> files have not been compiled. Anyway, I just cannot launch
> it and the message I get is like this:
> -------------------
> D:\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.2>java org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> org/apache/tomcat/sta
> rtup/Tomcat
> -------------------
> I don't think this is a problem with xml engine, because the
> jasper.jar and parser.jar have already been incluced in the
> CLASSPATH. I looked in all the archive, mailing list, and
> faq, but these is no address to this sympton. I hope someone
> can help me out. Also, do I need to upgrade J2SE to J2EE? Thank you.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
>
>