Trouble with %TOMCAT_OPTS% in Tomcat startup script

["michael e. brubaker" <me...@sprintmail.com>]

What should %TOMCAT_OPTS% be set to and when?

I can't get tomcat started and I think this is why.  Many thanks.

The code from the "tomcat.bat" in tomcat/bin  :

:runServer
rem Start the Tomcat Server
echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
echo Tomcat-opts is:  %TOMCAT_OPTS% --- meb                      //GIVES
ME NO OUTPUT and dies at the next line
java %TOMCAT_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
goto cleanup