Are you getting any error messages? Do you see a widnow appear and
disappear really quickly?
I would suggest trying "tomcat run" instead, which will launch to
the same DOS window and probably give you more information about your
problem.
Randy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valerie BARRAUD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: tomcat start fails
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just finished to install Tomcat and launched
> tomcat start
> but the promised Tomcat window does not appear.
>
> My file tomcat.bat (here after) seems to be ok. Any idea ?
> ---
> tomcat.bat
> -----------
> @echo off
> rem A batch file to start/stop tomcat server.
>
> rem This batch file written and tested under Windows NT
> rem Improvements to this file are welcome
>
> rem Guess TOMCAT_HOME if it is not present
>
> set TOMCAT_HOME=C:\jakarta-tomcat
> set JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.3
>
> echo *TOMCAT_HOME : %TOMCAT_HOME%
> echo *JAVA_HOME : %JAVA_HOME%
>
> if not "%TOMCAT_HOME%" == "" goto gothome
>
> SET TOMCAT_HOME=.
> if exist %TOMCAT_HOME%\bin\tomcat.bat goto gothome
>
> SET TOMCAT_HOME=..
> if exist %TOMCAT_HOME%\bin\tomcat.bat goto gothome
>
> SET TOMCAT_HOME=
> echo Unable to determine the value of TOMCAT_HOME.
> goto eof
>
> :gothome
>
> rem Set up the CLASSPATH that we need
>
> set CLASSPATH=C:\jdk1.3\lib\tools.jar
> echo *Old classpath: %CLASSPATH%
>
> set cp=%CLASSPATH%
>
> rem set CLASSPATH=.
> set CLASSPATH=%TOMCAT_HOME%\classes
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\webserver.jar
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\jasper.jar
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\xml.jar
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\servlet.jar
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar
>
> echo *New classpath: %CLASSPATH%
>
> rem echo cp : %cp%
> if "%cp%" == "" goto next
>
> rem else
> rem REM added:
> rem set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%cp%
>
> :next
> if "%1" == "start" goto startServer
> if "%1" == "stop" goto stopServer
> if "%1" == "run" goto runServer
> if "%1" == "env" goto setupEnv
> if "%1" == "ant" goto runAnt
> if "%1" == "jspc" goto runJspc
>
> echo Usage:
> echo tomcat (start^|run^|env^|stop)
> echo start - start tomcat in a separate window
> echo run - start tomcat in the current window
> echo env - setup the environment for tomcat
> echo stop - stop tomcat
> echo ant - run ant with tomcat context
> echo jspc - run jsp pre compiler
> goto cleanup
>
> :startServer
> echo Starting tomcat in new window
> echo =>Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> start java %TOMCAT_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :runServer
> rem Start the Tomcat Server
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %TOMCAT_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :stopServer
> rem Stop the Tomcat Server
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %TOMCAT_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -stop %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
> goto cleanup
>
> :runAnt
> rem Run ant
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\ant.jar
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %ANT_OPTS% -Dant.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tools.ant.Main %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :runJspc
> rem Run ant
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %JSPC_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.jasper.JspC %2
> %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :setupEnv
> set cp=%CLASSPATH%
>
> :cleanup
> rem clean up
>
> set CLASSPATH=%cp%
> set port=
> set host=
> set test=
> set jsdkJars=
> set jspJars=
> set beanJars=
> set miscJars=
> set appJars=
> set appClassPath=
> set cp=
>
> rem pause
> :eof
> ---
>
