> >I'm following the directions found in the RUNNING.txt file of the > distribution, version 5.5.35. > > First of all, I'm going to assume that you're running a 5.5 version of Tomcat, > since the line you quote is only present in RUNNING.txt from those versions. > At least it's not present in the latest 6.0 or 7.0 version. >
I did specify my tomcat version actually ;) AND here's the full paragraph: <p>In many circumstances, it is desirable to have a single copy of a Tomcat binary distribution shared among multiple users on the same server. To make this possible, you can pass a "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument when executing the startup command (see (2)). In this "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument, replace $CATALINA_BASE with the directory that contains the files for your 'personal' Tomcat inAny stance.</p> So, yes, I did adulter the argument because it has double quotes in the original. However, the misleading bit is where it makes it sound as if the catalina base reference is just a placeholder, i.e. "replace $CATALINA_BASE with . . . " > When I launch multiple Tomcats, I use a shell script similar to the following: > > #!/bin/bash > CATALINA_HOME=/some/path/to/my/home/tomcat > > # the below is all on one line - sorry for the line wrap ( export > CATALINA_BASE=/some/path/to/first/catalina_base; > $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh ) That's about what I came up with. It just seemed to be fighting against the tide a little bit. But, this all makes it seem like you would never actually use the -D method because the startup scripts simply read the env variable and pass the value in as a java sys property anway. Makes me wonder what the paragraph means by "startup command". The reference "see(2)" doesn't resolve in the RUNNING.txt text . . . Thanks for your help. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
