Why not just change it to /export/home/markus/tomcat_1 or something and be done with it. Is trying to make it work with a # really worth the time an effort? Think in terms of hours spent * hourly rate or hour spent that you could be doing something else.
Just my opinion. On 8/8/07, Markus Schiegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > as far as i see the shell has no problems passing the # character. > I've added "ps auxwww |grep java" after the java call in catalina.sh, > just to verify the java-program itself is called with the correct > values, see below: > > $ ~/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin$ ./startup.sh > Using CATALINA_BASE: /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > Using CATALINA_HOME: /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: > /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/temp > Using JRE_HOME: /usr/java > markus 2877 0.6 1.842428 8964 pts/1 R 23:20:06 0:00 > /usr/java/bin/java > -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager > -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/conf/logging.properties > -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/endorsed > -classpath > :/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/bootstrap.jar:/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/commons-logging-api.jar > -Dcatalina.base=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > -Dcatalina.home=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > -Djava.io.tmpdir=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/temp > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start > $ ~/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin$ pwd > /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin > $ ~/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin$ > > thanks! > > kind regards, > Markus > > P.S shell commands with # between or after other characters are ok, e.g. > $ echo bla # 1 > bla > $ echo bla#1 > bla#1 > $ echo bla# > bla# > > Fargusson.Alan wrote: > > The # character starts a comment in the shell. Try quoting the pathname, > > or put a \ in front of the #. > > > > I would bet that your mkdir and cd commands didn't do what you think they > > did. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Markus Schiegl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:54 PM > > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > > Subject: Tomcat and path with pound sign (#) -> ClassNotFoundException > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > starting Tomcat from a path containing a pound sign (#) somewhere > > results in a ClassNotFoundException. > > > > I've checked this with > > - Solaris Sparc/X86 + Mac OS X > > - Java 5 + 6 > > - Tomcat 5.5.23 + 6.0.13 > > > > example: > > - mkdir /export/home/markus/tomcat#1 > > - extract tomcat within this directory > > - export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java (JDK 6) > > - /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/startup.sh > > or > > cd /export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin ; ./startup.sh > > > > output from catalina.sh with the java call (added set -x to catalina.sh > > - i.e. no problem of the calling script omitting something) > > > > /usr/java/bin/java > > -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager > > -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/conf/logging.properties > > -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/endorsed > > -classpath > > :/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/bootstrap.jar:/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/commons-logging-api.jar > > -Dcatalina.base=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > > -Dcatalina.home=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > > -Djava.io.tmpdir=/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/temp > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start > > > > $cat catalina.out > > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina > > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:215) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:390) > > > > > > truss output: path was truncated after the # sign: > > > > ... > > 2717/2: read(5, "CAFEBABE\0\0\0 1\00701\0".., 142) = 142 > > 2717/2: > > stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/org/apache/catalina/security/SecurityClassLoad.class", > > 0xD230ABF0) Err#2 ENOENT > > 2717/2: llseek(9, 1422, SEEK_SET) = 1422 > > 2717/2: read(9, " P K0304\n\0\0\0\b\0F91C".., 30) = 30 > > 2717/2: llseek(9, 1504, SEEK_SET) = 1504 > > 2717/2: read(9, "95 W k o14 U18 ~ f [DAC3".., 1634) = 1634 > > 2717/2: brk(0x08172F08) = 0 > > 2717/2: brk(0x08176F08) = 0 > > 2717/9: pollsys(0x00000000, 0, 0xCFCA9CD8, 0x00000000) = 0 > > 2717/2: > > stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat#1/apache-tomcat-6.0.13/bin/org/apache/catalina/startup/Catalina.class", > > 0xD230B3D0) Err#2 ENOENT > > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > > ENOENT > > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > > ENOENT > > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > > ENOENT > > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > > ENOENT > > 2717/3: lwp_cond_wait(0x0806F7A0, 0x0806F788, 0xD208DB48, 0) > > (sleeping...) > > 2717/3: lwp_cond_wait(0x0806F7A0, 0x0806F788, 0xD208DB48, 0) > > Err#62 ETIME > > 2717/9: pollsys(0x00000000, 0, 0xCFCA9CD8, 0x00000000) = 0 > > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > > ENOENT > > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > > ENOENT > > 2717/2: stat64("/export/home/markus/tomcat", 0xD230AA60) Err#2 > > ENOENT > > ... > > > > Although there is a rather old but maybe similar bug at: > > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4231042 > > i supose somewhere the road this has been fixed, as i have no problems > > with JAVA 5/6 and other java programs otherwise my tests where flawed. > > > > Installing the jdk in such a directory (e.g. /opt/java#6) works with > > tomcat, too. > > > > Can anybody confirm that "#" is still a special character (for tomcat)? > > Unfortunately i'm somewhat forced to place tomcat installations/ > > instances into such (with #) directories. > > > > Any fix possible? > > > > thanks in advance! > > > > kind regards, > > Markus > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]