Depends on your OS and how you start tomcat (startup script or as a service).
--David On 5/3/2011 1:43 PM, Varuna Seneviratna wrote: > On 3 May 2011 22:21, Caldarale, Charles R <chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: >>> From: Varuna Seneviratna [mailto:varunasenevira...@gmail.com] >>> Subject: What is JAVA_HOME? >>> What is the use of the Java Home directory to Tomcat.What are the >>> files of the Java installation that Tomcat uses?I am asking this to >>> determine the set of files and their Home directory which should be >>> set as JAVA_HOME >> Read the doc. To quote from RUNNING.txt: >> >> (1) Download and Install the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) >> >> (1.1) Download the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE), >> release version 6.0 or later, from >> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html >> >> (1.2) Install the JRE according to the instructions included with the >> release. >> >> (1.3) Set an environment variable named JRE_HOME to the pathname of >> the directory into which you installed the JRE, e.g. c:\jre6.0 >> or /usr/local/java/jre6.0. >> >> NOTE: You may also use the full JDK rather than just the JRE. In this >> case set your JAVA_HOME environment variable to the pathname of >> the directory into which you installed the JDK, e.g. c:\jdk6.0 >> or /usr/local/java/jdk6.0. >> >> - Chuck >> >> >> THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY >> MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received >> this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its >> attachments from all computers. >> >> > How to set environment variables permanently.Without having to set > each time it is needed to be used. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
