Jason, Many thanks for the reply it seems to have worked.
In doing this the shutdown method also stops reporting a java.net exception, does the javaw just simply hide the error messages? Apologies if this seems a stupid question, but I am very new to this. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Jason Bainbridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 May 2003 20:31 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat Startup Hanging On Thu, 29 May 2003 03:25, Mark Irvine LCGI wrote: > Hi, > > When starting Tomcat using catalina run, the startup process appears > to > hang: > Should the DOS window not disappear? > > Mark This is frequently discussed, it is because by default it uses java.exe and not javaw.exe and is by design to change this have a look at the following thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-user&m=105323976930076&w=2 Regards, -- Jason Bainbridge KDE Web Team - http://kde.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]