i guess it's a matter of opinion, although i've personally never fed options to startup.sh, so I can't speak for that.
What **i** do is in startup.sh, that's where I set JAVA_HOME, TOMCAT_HOME, and TOMCAT_OPTS. That way I don't have to worry about user environment variables. YMMV. cheers fillup On 5/16/02 6:45 PM, "Jacob Hookom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the correct solution is to modify the startup/shutdown command line > or to setup TOMCAT_OPTS/CATALINA_OPTS? > > Thanks again for the replies! > Jake Hookom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Morelock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:46 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Heap Size for Tomcat > > i actually sent an email regarding this to the list about two weeks ago. > > I believe you are correct -- but I have found (only anecdotally) that > the > shutdown one doesn't have a negative impact, because on my platform at > least > (linux) -- even though the Virtual size allocated is huge, the resident > set > size doesn't grow any more quickly than it actually should (apparently > at > least, again I've only experimented with this on Linux). > > cheers > fillup > > > On 5/16/02 4:46 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Well, yeah except he wants to get more memory... and wouldn't setting > the >> XXXOPTS variable set the heap size not just for startup but also > shutdown? >> In other words, this way you could get tomcat to start with 512mb of > heap, >> but if you call shutdown.bat/shutdown.sh, the shutdown vm grabs its > own >> 512mb heap... I dunno... >> >> troy >> >> >> >> >> >> Phillip Morelock >> <subscriptions@phillipmo To: Tomcat > Users >> List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> relock.com> cc: >> Subject: Re: Heap > Size >> for Tomcat >> 05/16/2002 06:19 PM >> Please respond to >> "Tomcat Users List" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The "official" way to do it is to set a >> TOMCAT_OPTS >> or >> CATALINA_OPTS >> >> variable with the string that you would normally feed the VM. (like > -Xms >> or >> whatever). TOMCAT is for 3.x, CATALINA is for 4.x >> >> cheers >> fillup >> >> >> >> On 5/16/02 3:57 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> my understanding is that any parameters you pass to bin/startup.bat > or >>> bin/startup.sh on the command line will be passed through to the java > vm, >>> such as mx128m or -D property=something . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "Jacob Hookom" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'Tomcat Users >> List'" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> du> cc: >>> Subject: Heap Size for >> Tomcat >>> 05/16/2002 01:57 >>> PM >>> Please respond >>> to "Tomcat Users >>> List" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I was wondering where I can modify the initial heap size settings for >>> tomcat to use. Or more primarily, where the command line is that > tomcat >>> uses to initialize its VM. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jake Hookom >>> >>> --- >>> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >>> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>> Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: < >>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: < >>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: < >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: < >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: < >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: < >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
