Hi all, just to close the topic on this mailing list:
As jetty suffers from exactly the same problem i'm rather confident this is not a tomcat problem but part of the java classloader and its implementation. Next - and last - stop for confirmation: Sun :-) kind regards, Markus Alexey Solofnenko wrote: > Try running "bash -x catalina.sh run" to see if Java is started > correctly. If it is not, try running the same command from a normal > directory, and run the same command yourself without using scripts > provided with Tomcat. > > - Alexey. > > Markus Schiegl wrote: >> 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] >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
