On Wednesday 18 December 2002 07:13 pm, Turner, John wrote: > Agreed....avoid spaces in pathnames if you can. > > As an aside, there is no reason to switch directories to start Tomcat. You > can do so by typing something like c:\tomcat\bin\startup.bat from any > command prompt in Windows. > > John
Or, more generically, you can type %CATALINA_HOME%/bin/startup.bat at the prompt for the same result (I am only having a Windows flashback tonight, so again, if my memory doesn't betray me, the above should be correct. Otherwise, it's just a fantasy induced by UNIX). Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Yunusov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:04 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Help needed to run Tomcat 4.1.12 > > On Wednesday 18 December 2002 06:27 pm, Ronin Quigley wrote: > > I am running Windows XP and have done the following: > > a.. Installed Jave SDK and set the path variable to > > stemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:Java\bin; b.. Downloaded release version > > 4.1.12 of Tomcat > > c.. Set the variable JAVA HOME=C:\JAVA > > d.. Set the variable CATALINA_HOME= C:\TOMCAT\JAKARTA-TOMCAT 4.1.12 > > e.. Tested the above by doing the ECHO test and they were fine. > > The command prompt in Windows XP automatically defaults to C:\Documents > > and > > > Settings\Go For It Web Design>, how do I get a C:\ prompt? And once I get > > a > > > C:\ prompt can I start it by the following? > > > > C:\ > > cd tomcat\jakarta-tomcat 4.1.12\bin > > startup.bat > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > Rocket > > To change the working directory to C: type C:\ and press enter in the > command > prompt (if my memory doesn't betray me - my Windows days are long gone). > Your > steps to start tomcat seem be correct but paths and names in the > description > > of environment variables are a mess (JAVA_HOME should have the "_", > "SystemRoot" instead of "stemRoot", C: must be followed by a "\" in paths, > there is a "-" instead of a space between "jakarta-tomcat" and "4.1.12" in > the standard distribution, at least on Linux). I attribute this chaos to > fast > typing but I'd double check if I were you. My Windows experience taught me > to > avoid spaces in paths also. > HTH, > Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
