Hi, you're right about # as a special char for different programming languages. but nevertheless the # sign is a valid character for directory and file names (in contrast to * or / for example) for unix and windows. If it's wise to use it is another question but sometimes it's just beyond your control.
The same problem (# in directory name) and error message (ClassNotFoundException) happens with Windows XP. Confirms my suspicion this beeing a Java and/or Tomcat issue. kind regards, Markus Propes, Barry L wrote: > isn't that likely because in some languages like PHP, Python and Perl the # > is to comment out a line, and it will invariably break the code? > Because I thought some on this list were integrating Tomcat with those > languages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hassan Schroeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:58 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Tomcat and path with pound sign (#) -> > ClassNotFoundException > > > On 8/8/07, Markus Schiegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Has anybody been able to start a tomcat server from such a directory? > > I copied a working installation from /usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.13 > to /usr/local/apache-tomcat#6.0.13, set CATALINA_HOME and got this: > >> ./bin/catalina.sh run > Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/apache-tomcat#6.0.13 > Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/apache-tomcat#6.0.13 > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/apache-tomcat#6.0.13/temp > Using JRE_HOME: /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_02/jre > 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) > > So it seems a genuine limitation... > > HTH, --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
