Hi, as far as i see the shell has no problems passing the # character. I've added "ps auxwww |grep java" after the java call in catalina.sh, just to verify the java-program itself is called with the correct values, see below:
$ ~/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin$ ./startup.sh Using CATALINA_BASE: /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 Using CATALINA_HOME: /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/temp Using JRE_HOME: /usr/java markus 2877 0.6 1.842428 8964 pts/1 R 23:20:06 0:00 /usr/java/bin/java -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/conf/logging.properties -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/endorsed -classpath :/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/bootstrap.jar:/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/commons-logging-api.jar -Dcatalina.base=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 -Dcatalina.home=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start $ ~/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin$ pwd /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin $ ~/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin$ thanks! kind regards, Markus P.S shell commands with # between or after other characters are ok, e.g. $ echo bla # 1 bla $ echo bla#1 bla#1 $ echo bla# bla# Fargusson.Alan wrote: > The # character starts a comment in the shell. Try quoting the pathname, or > put a \ in front of the #. > > I would bet that your mkdir and cd commands didn't do what you think they did. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Schiegl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:54 PM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Tomcat and path with pound sign (#) -> ClassNotFoundException > > > Hi there, > > starting Tomcat from a path containing a pound sign (#) somewhere > results in a ClassNotFoundException. > > I've checked this with > - Solaris Sparc/X86 + Mac OS X > - Java 5 + 6 > - Tomcat 5.5.23 + 6.0.13 > > example: > - mkdir /export/home/markus/tomcat#1 > - extract tomcat within this directory > - export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java (JDK 6) > - /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/startup.sh > or > cd /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin ; ./startup.sh > > output from catalina.sh with the java call (added set -x to catalina.sh > - i.e. no problem of the calling script omitting something) > > /usr/java/bin/java > -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager > -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/conf/logging.properties > -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/endorsed > -classpath > :/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/bootstrap.jar:/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/commons-logging-api.jar > -Dcatalina.base=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > -Dcatalina.home=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > -Djava.io.tmpdir=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/temp > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start > > $cat catalina.out > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:215) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:390) > > > truss output: path was truncated after the # sign: > > ... > 2717/2: read(5, "CAFEBABE\0\0\0 1\00701\0".., 142) = 142 > 2717/2: > stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/org/apache/catalina/security/SecurityClassLoad.class", > 0xD230ABF0) Err#2 ENOENT > 2717/2: llseek(9, 1422, SEEK_SET) = 1422 > 2717/2: read(9, " P K0304\n\0\0\0\b\0F91C".., 30) = 30 > 2717/2: llseek(9, 1504, SEEK_SET) = 1504 > 2717/2: read(9, "95 W k o14 U18 ~ f [DAC3".., 1634) = 1634 > 2717/2: brk(0x08172F08) = 0 > 2717/2: brk(0x08176F08) = 0 > 2717/9: pollsys(0x00000000, 0, 0xCFCA9CD8, 0x00000000) = 0 > 2717/2: > stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/org/apache/catalina/startup/Catalina.class", > 0xD230B3D0) Err#2 ENOENT > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > ENOENT > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > ENOENT > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > ENOENT > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > ENOENT > 2717/3: lwp_cond_wait(0x0806F7A0, 0x0806F788, 0xD208DB48, 0) > (sleeping...) > 2717/3: lwp_cond_wait(0x0806F7A0, 0x0806F788, 0xD208DB48, 0) > Err#62 ETIME > 2717/9: pollsys(0x00000000, 0, 0xCFCA9CD8, 0x00000000) = 0 > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > ENOENT > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > ENOENT > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > ENOENT > ... > > Although there is a rather old but maybe similar bug at: > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4231042 > i supose somewhere the road this has been fixed, as i have no problems > with JAVA 5/6 and other java programs otherwise my tests where flawed. > > Installing the jdk in such a directory (e.g. /opt/java#6) works with > tomcat, too. > > Can anybody confirm that "#" is still a special character (for tomcat)? > Unfortunately i'm somewhat forced to place tomcat installations/ > instances into such (with #) directories. > > Any fix possible? > > thanks in advance! > > kind regards, > Markus > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]