CATALINA_HOME gives only ".." when you access it. It doesnt give anything extra. Its
different from the java.home. So we still have a problem. Try out this
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:38:15
Steve Guo wrote:
>
>Tim is right - I am learning something new too.
>Interestingly, System.getProperty('java.home') gives 'c:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\jre' on my PC.
>
> Tim Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:System.getProperty("catalina.home") should give
> you the CATALINA_HOME
>environment variable without doing anything extra special to any startup
>script.
>
>System.getProperty("catalina.base") will give you ... CATALINA_BASE
>
>-Tim
>
>
>Shapira, Yoav wrote:
>> Howdy,
>> In your startup script, add a -D argument to java with the value of
>> Catalina home and whatever name you desire. Let's say you want
>> "myCatalinaHome" is the property name. Then do:
>> java -DmyCatalinaHome=%CATALINA_HOME%
>> And it will be available to your programs as
>> System.getProperty("myCatalinaHome");
>>
>> That said, I don't like your design at all. The functioning of your
>> JSPs (or any other parts of your webapp) should have nothing to do with
>> where your server is installed.
>>
>> Yoav Shapira
>> Millennium ChemInformatics
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Raja Sekhar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:59 AM
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: How to get catalina_home variable
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I am using Tomcat 4.0.6. I am writing a JSP in which I want to get the
>>>catalina_home path. I am giving the code as
>>>System.getProperty("CATALINA_HOME"). This is retreving me null.
>>>
>>>I am running tomcat using startup.bat. Please help me asap if you have
>>
>> any
>>
>>>suggestions.
>>>
>>>Thanks & Regards,
>>>
>>>..Raj
>
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