Hi Andre, I am using a standard Tomcat installation downloaded from tomcat.apache.org.
I am confused as to how you determined that am using a packaged version of Tomcat :) -- D On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:55 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > Hi. > > As I recall, you are using a packaged version of Tomcat (meaning not the > original one from the tomcat website download, but one already packaged by > the people who do such things for your OS version). > > You should then look carefully at what scripts are used to start/stop > Tomcat on your particular system (starting with /etc/init.d/tomcat e.g.), > what they invoke and when, to determine what you can put into > CATALINA_HOME/x and CATALINA_BASE/y. > For example, these packages often use a file /etc/default/tomcat that sets > some environment values, which are later used to determine what other > scripts do. > > What Konstantin indicates below is based on the standard catalina.sh as > provided in the standard Tomcat download, but there is no guarantee that > this script has not been modified (or is even used) in your particular > package. > > > > Ziggy wrote: > >> I am using Tomcat v5.5 >> >> Do you mean that for newer versions of Tomcat, if i want to move some of >> the >> scripts from $CATALINA_HOME/bin to $CATALINA_BASE/bin i will not be able >> to? >> >> >> Thanks >> >> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Konstantin Kolinko >> <knst.koli...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> 2010/11/9 Ziggy <zigg...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Are there any side effects to doing this? Can tomcat use both >>>> $CATALINA_BASE/bin/ and $CATALINA_HOME/bin during startup? >>>> >>>> From catalina.sh: >>> >>> if [ -r "$CATALINA_BASE"/bin/setenv.sh ]; then >>> . "$CATALINA_BASE"/bin/setenv.sh >>> elif [ -r "$CATALINA_HOME"/bin/setenv.sh ]; then >>> . "$CATALINA_HOME"/bin/setenv.sh >>> fi >>> >>> i.e. it takes setenv.sh from $CATALINA_BASE if it exists, otherwise >>> from $CATALINA_HOME. >>> >>> All the other script files are supposed to remain in $CATALINA_HOME/bin. >>> >>> I am talking about the latest version of those scripts. I do not know >>> how old your Tomcat version is. You may look at your catalina.sh for >>> yourself. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Konstantin Kolinko >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >