set JAVA_HOME and TOMCAT_HOME in tomcat.bat for tomcat.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sachin Phatak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Tomcat new Install/Startup/Shutdown
> Just a couple of point I thought would be usefull:
> In win2K the JAVA_HOME & other properties should be set using environment
> variables. (Right click on My compure = > go to advanced Tab. => seond
> button i think)
>
> In any windows env. run any .bat from the command prompt, rather than a
> double-click, that way the window remanins open till you type "exit" at
the
> command prompt.
>
> /? at the end of a script will normally yield help. Run toomcat.bat this
way
>
> thanks
> sachin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 8:38 AM
> Subject: Re: Tomcat new Install/Startup/Shutdown
>
>
> > neyyadupakkam sundarasekaran wrote:
> > >
> > > I downloaded jakarta-tomcat-3.2.1.zip and unziped it to my C:
> drive.
> > > I set TOMCAT_HOME, JAVA_HOME, PATH in autoexec.bat file. I re-booted
the
> > > PC/windows 2000
> >
> > I think unzipping the .zip file wouldn't do anything with Windows
> > registry; rebooting the system is an overkill.
> >
> > >and tried to run bin\startup.bat. It opens a new window and
> > > closes immediately without any error messages. But, when I tried to
run
> > > bin\shutdown.bat, it throws classNotFound exection in main thread.
> >
> > Try to run catalina.bat.
> > catalina run
> > This will have the DOS window staying up, so you will be able to shut
> > Tomcat down using ctrl-c.
> >
> > > Could you please tell me if my installtion is right and what
is
> the
> > > problem I getting with shutdown? Also, when I run startup repeatedly,
I
> used
> > > to get a message saying "Tomcat is already running".
> >
> > Installing Tomcat would need extracting the .zip file and run one of the
> > startup scripts; that's it. Basically, it runs perfectly out of the box
> > (well, you'd need JAVA_HOME set up, I guess).
> >
> > >But, now I am not
> > > getting any message.
> >
> > What messages are you expecting?
> >
> > Oki
> >
>
