Hi manchi, As of Tomcat 4.x the variable is called "CATALINA_HOME".
If you don't set it, the startup script ("startup.bat" on Windows systems) will try to guess it: =================== rem Guess CATALINA_HOME if not defined if not "%CATALINA_HOME%" == "" goto gotHome set CATALINA_HOME=. =================== I hope this helps, Johannes manchi prathima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05.04.2003 12:34 Please respond to "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject regarding the installation of tomcat Is it necessary to set the tomcat environmental variable TOMCAT_HOME to run tomcat server Plz send the information regarding this. regards prathima Catch all the cricket action. Download Yahoo! Score tracker