Thanks for the reply, The linux is Fedora 4.0, tomcat 5.0.28, java is 1.5.0_07.
I did check the Catalina.err, it looks like it cannot find the Bootstrap class, which is specified by the classpath directory. Here is the full script I used. echo "JAVA_HOME: $JAVA_HOME" echo "CATALINA_HOME: $CATALINA_HOME" echo "CATALINA_BASE: $CATALINA_BASE" echo "CATALINA_TMPDIR: $CATALINA_TMPDIR" echo "CLASSPATH: $CLASSPATH" ./bin/jsvc -jvm server -Djava.endorsed.dirs=./common/endorsed -classpath /usr/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar -outfile ./logs/catalina.out -errfile ./logs/catalina.err org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap Thanks Pat -----Original Message----- From: Warren Pace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 4:10 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Why cannot I put JSVC into a shell script to run Pat, Send us your entire script. Also, which Linux, Tomcat, and Java are you using? That'll help us, too. warren > > From: "Patrick Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/08/31 Thu PM 05:41:32 EDT > To: <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Subject: Why cannot I put JSVC into a shell script to run > > Hi, > > I can only copy/paste the contents from startTomcat.sh to the console, > everything works fine. But when I run the command from > the console startTomcat.sh, it gave me no error, however the > <http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Platforms/Linux_Program > ming/Q_21972914.html##> tomcat doesnot get started, I make sure the execute > rights is assigned, etc. > > One thing is that I make all these strings into one single line in the > startTomcat.sh, will this have any effect? > > ./bin/jsvc -jvm > <http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Platforms/Linux_Program > ming/Q_21972914.html##> server -Xdebug -Xnoagent > -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8000,suspend=n,server=y > -Djava.endorsed.dirs=./common/endorsed -cp ./bin/bootstrap.jar -outfile > ./logs/catalina.out -errfile ./logs/catalina.err > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap > > > > Do I need to setup the environment variable? However I can run the command from > the console without the environment setup either. > > > > Pat > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]