Actually, yes, it really doesn't work unless I explicitly set the opening classpath. I sort of got the hint when the famous error message about log4j not being configured correctly started popping up.
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 1:23 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Enabling logging in Tomcat 5.5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David, On 4/3/12 1:02 PM, David Sills wrote: > It seems to be better if I create a "setenv.bat" file with this > content: > > set > CLASSPATH=..\common\classes;..\common\lib\org.apache.log4j-1.2.16.jar You > shouldn't have to do that: Tomcat should auto-configure its CLASSPATH including the common locations you have specified above. Does it really not work unless you explicitly set the CLASSPATH environment variable? > When this is placed in the "bin" directory, it is automatically run by > the catalina.bat file (which I discovered on walking through the > process). Correct. It's kind of silly to ship a completely empty file, though one could argue that a no-op file with comments in it might be a nice thing to do. > So I am getting something. What, exactly, especially when it comes to > application logging, I'm still working through. Let us know how things go for you. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk97MgYACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PCqKwCfQ1NfnI4WeKa9H7gus3eY2ftI x2YAn3iMEtBa2XMEtcLfNkp9ejg5SQLS =yRwx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
