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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by ma...@apache.org on 2008/12/18 17:01:56 UTC
svn commit: r727756 - in /tomcat: tc6.0.x/trunk/RUNNING.txt trunk/RUNNING.txt
Author: markt
Date: Thu Dec 18 08:01:55 2008
New Revision: 727756
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=727756&view=rev
Log:
Fix https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46366
Need to use environment variables to set catalina home/base
Modified:
tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/RUNNING.txt
tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt
Modified: tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/RUNNING.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/RUNNING.txt?rev=727756&r1=727755&r2=727756&view=diff
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--- tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/RUNNING.txt (original)
+++ tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/RUNNING.txt Thu Dec 18 08:01:55 2008
@@ -97,14 +97,12 @@
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
+this possible, you can set the $CATALINA_BASE environment variable to the
directory that contains the files for your 'personal' Tomcat instance.
-When you use this "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument, Tomcat will
-calculate all relative references for files in the following directories based
-on the value of $CATALINA_BASE instead of $CATALINA_HOME:
+When you use $CATALINA_BASE, Tomcat will calculate all relative references for
+files in the following directories based on the value of $CATALINA_BASE instead
+of $CATALINA_HOME:
* bin - Only setenv.sh (*nix) and setenv.bat (windows)
@@ -118,9 +116,9 @@
* temp - Directory used by the JVM for temporary files (java.io.tmpdir)
-If you do not pass the "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument to the
-startup command, $CATALINA_BASE will default to the same value as $CATALINA_HOME,
- which means that the same directory is used for all relative path resolutions.
+If you do set $CATALINA_BASE, $CATALINA_BASE will default to the same value as
+$CATALINA_HOME, which means that the same directory is used for all relative
+path resolutions.
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Modified: tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt?rev=727756&r1=727755&r2=727756&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt Thu Dec 18 08:01:55 2008
@@ -97,14 +97,12 @@
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
+this possible, you can set the $CATALINA_BASE environment variable to the
directory that contains the files for your 'personal' Tomcat instance.
-When you use this "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument, Tomcat will
-calculate all relative references for files in the following directories based
-on the value of $CATALINA_BASE instead of $CATALINA_HOME:
+When you use $CATALINA_BASE, Tomcat will calculate all relative references for
+files in the following directories based on the value of $CATALINA_BASE instead
+of $CATALINA_HOME:
* bin - Only setenv.sh (*nix) and setenv.bat (windows)
@@ -118,9 +116,9 @@
* temp - Directory used by the JVM for temporary files (java.io.tmpdir)
-If you do not pass the "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument to the
-startup command, $CATALINA_BASE will default to the same value as $CATALINA_HOME,
- which means that the same directory is used for all relative path resolutions.
+If you do set $CATALINA_BASE, $CATALINA_BASE will default to the same value as
+$CATALINA_HOME, which means that the same directory is used for all relative
+path resolutions.
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