Startup problem

[Finley Patrick Contr MSG/FNA <Pa...@wpafb.af.mil>]

> I am using windows 2000, Java 1.4.0.02 and trying to start Tomcat 4.0.   I get the following message when I try to start:
> 
> How do I get around this problem?
> 
> Using CATALINA_BASE: ..
> Using CATALINA_HOME: ..
> Using CLASSPATH:     ..\bin\bootstrap.jar;c:\j2sdk1.4.1_02\lib\tools.jar
> Using JAVA_HOME:     c:\j2sdk1.4.1_02
> Starting service Tomcat-Standalone
> Apache Tomcat/4.0.1
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> 	at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:180)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.getBasePath(StandardContext.java:3604)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.setResources(StandardContext.java:1107)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3304)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1123)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:612)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1123)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:307)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:388)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:505)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:776)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:681)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
> 	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243)

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