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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Alexander E Genaud <lx...@pobox.com> on 2006/02/21 12:12:56 UTC

Re: users Digest 20 Feb 2006 20:29:12 -0000 Issue 6230

Thanks for the reply George,

Scratch directories are not a problem. I am able to set the
workDir="C:\mywork". However, this is not generic enough. I've tried
workDir="~/mywork", but that simply places a directory named "~" in
CATALINA_HOME.

You suggest creating a CatalinaBase directory. And that makes sense to cover
all the output (work, logs, etc). But the question remains; Can I set
CATALINA_BASE to a generic location (such as the user home directory or the
OS temp space)?

Thanks in advance,
Alex

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "George Sexton" <gs...@mhsoftware.com>
To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:24:46 -0700
Subject: RE: Tomcat running from CDROM
Since the spec requires some directories (work, tmp) be writable this won't
work. The best solution would be to create a stub "CatalinaBase" directory
and put on the workstation in the temp directory, and then set CatalinaHome
to the CDROM and run it that way.



George Sexton
MH Software, Inc.
http://www.mhsoftware.com/
Voice: 303 438 9585


> -----Original Message-----
> From: alexgenaud@gmail.com [mailto:alexgenaud@gmail.com] On
> Behalf Of Alexander E Genaud
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:07 AM
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: Tomcat running from CDROM
>
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to place a web application on a CDROM,
> without requiring further installations by the end user.
> Does anyone have experience doing this?
>
> I have been playing with Tomcat and Jetty,
> but have been most satisfied with Tomcat.
>
> Is it possible to make Tomcat run readonly
> (disable temporary files, scratch directories, or logs),
> or to redirect those written files to the
> operating system's default temp/scrath area?
>
> I have tried to create a Context,
> but fail to understand where to put the Context node
> (filename nor directory).
>
> Modifying the system.xml Host (line 216) was successful:
>
> ...
> <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps"
>       unpackWARs="true" or_rather_unpackWARs="false"
>       autoDeploy="true"
>       xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"
> workDir="myworkdir" or_workDir="C:\myworkdir">
> ...
>
> However, I would need to set something more generic
> (for Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows)
> such as workDir="$SYSTEM_TEMP_DIR/myworkdir".
> Is that possible?
> I expect the same can be done for the Logger(s).
> Is there anything else that gets written during runtime?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alex
>
> Please send your reply to:
> ( lx at pobox point com )
>
> ===
>
> For completeness and posterity:
>
> I've converted all JSP's to Servlets,
> removed all but my webapp, balancer, and static pages, and
> run Tomcat from an alternate JRE (rather than JDK) on disk.
>
> I have placed a Context in server.xml (line 144) to no effect:
>
> ...
> <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0">
> <Context workDir="myworkdir" docBase="mywebapp" ></Context>
> ...
>
> Anywhere else and Tomcat may fail to start.
>
>
>
> --
> Alex
> --
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> commit atrocities
> -- François Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
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> http://genaud.org/alex/key.asc
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Re: users Digest 20 Feb 2006 20:29:12 -0000 Issue 6230

Posted by Mark Eggers <it...@yahoo.com>.

You might try using existing environment variables.

%HOMEPATH% is the user's home path, but they might not
like having temporary files stuffed into their
Documents and Settings directory.

Maybe "%HOMEPATH%\My Documents" wouldn't be too bad.

Or, you could use the TMP or TEMP environment
variable.

Just type:

set

at a command prompt to see what environment variables
are available to use.

Finally, if you do use one of those environment
variables, it might be nice to rewrite the batch file
so that it creates a subdirectory if one doesn't
exist.

Cleaning up when you shut down would also be nice.

Just some thoughts - I'm not much of a Windows person.

/mde/


--- Alexander E Genaud <lx...@pobox.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply George,
> 
> Scratch directories are not a problem. I am able to
> set the
> workDir="C:\mywork". However, this is not generic
> enough. I've tried
> workDir="~/mywork", but that simply places a
> directory named "~" in
> CATALINA_HOME.
> 
> You suggest creating a CatalinaBase directory. And
> that makes sense to cover
> all the output (work, logs, etc). But the question
> remains; Can I set
> CATALINA_BASE to a generic location (such as the
> user home directory or the
> OS temp space)?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Alex
> 
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "George Sexton" <gs...@mhsoftware.com>
> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <us...@tomcat.apache.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:24:46 -0700
> Subject: RE: Tomcat running from CDROM
> Since the spec requires some directories (work, tmp)
> be writable this won't
> work. The best solution would be to create a stub
> "CatalinaBase" directory
> and put on the workstation in the temp directory,
> and then set CatalinaHome
> to the CDROM and run it that way.
> 
> 
> 
> George Sexton
> MH Software, Inc.
> http://www.mhsoftware.com/
> Voice: 303 438 9585
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alexgenaud@gmail.com
> [mailto:alexgenaud@gmail.com] On
> > Behalf Of Alexander E Genaud
> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:07 AM
> > To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> > Subject: Tomcat running from CDROM
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am attempting to place a web application on a
> CDROM,
> > without requiring further installations by the end
> user.
> > Does anyone have experience doing this?
> >
> > I have been playing with Tomcat and Jetty,
> > but have been most satisfied with Tomcat.
> >
> > Is it possible to make Tomcat run readonly
> > (disable temporary files, scratch directories, or
> logs),
> > or to redirect those written files to the
> > operating system's default temp/scrath area?
> >
> > I have tried to create a Context,
> > but fail to understand where to put the Context
> node
> > (filename nor directory).
> >
> > Modifying the system.xml Host (line 216) was
> successful:
> >
> > ...
> > <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps"
> >       unpackWARs="true"
> or_rather_unpackWARs="false"
> >       autoDeploy="true"
> >       xmlValidation="false"
> xmlNamespaceAware="false"
> > workDir="myworkdir" or_workDir="C:\myworkdir">
> > ...
> >
> > However, I would need to set something more
> generic
> > (for Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows)
> > such as workDir="$SYSTEM_TEMP_DIR/myworkdir".
> > Is that possible?
> > I expect the same can be done for the Logger(s).
> > Is there anything else that gets written during
> runtime?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Alex
> >
> > Please send your reply to:
> > ( lx at pobox point com )
> >
> > ===
> >
> > For completeness and posterity:
> >
> > I've converted all JSP's to Servlets,
> > removed all but my webapp, balancer, and static
> pages, and
> > run Tomcat from an alternate JRE (rather than JDK)
> on disk.
> >
> > I have placed a Context in server.xml (line 144)
> to no effect:
> >
> > ...
> > <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost"
> debug="0">
> > <Context workDir="myworkdir" docBase="mywebapp"
> ></Context>
> > ...
> >
> > Anywhere else and Tomcat may fail to start.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alex
> > --
> > Those who can make you believe absurdities can
> make you
> > commit atrocities
> > -- Franï¿½ois Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
> > http://cph.blogsome.com
> > http://genaud.org/alex/key.asc
> > --
> > CCC7 D19D D107 F079 2F3D BF97 8443 DB5A 6DB8 9CE1
> >
> >
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