How Tomcat finds classes: http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/class-loader-howto.html
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Brandon Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:25 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: How does Tomcat set the classpath??? > > > I notice that tomcat 4.1.x explicitly sets > $JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar and the > bootstrap.jar file to the classpath, but that seems it. It > overwrites any > other classpath settings that may be part of the system. How does the > compiler know to search for things like > $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/rt.jar? Are > these automatically added based on the folder they are in within the > $JAVA_HOME? I don't see anything that indicates that within > the startup > scripts (catalina.sh and setclasspath.sh). > > Any info would be appreciated. > > Brandon > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]