svn commit: r1713871 - /tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt

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Author: markt
Date: Wed Nov 11 15:30:56 2015
New Revision: 1713871

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1713871&view=rev
Log:
Fix https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58596
Clarify how environment variables are used.

Modified:
    tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt

Modified: tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt?rev=1713871&r1=1713870&r2=1713871&view=diff
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--- tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/RUNNING.txt Wed Nov 11 15:30:56 2015
@@ -67,17 +67,15 @@ create your own from the Tomcat source c
 
 (3) Configure Environment Variables
 
-Tomcat is a Java application and does not use environment variables. The
-variables are used by the Tomcat startup scripts. The scripts use the variables
-to prepare the command that starts Tomcat.
+Tomcat is a Java application and does not use environment variables directly.
+Environment variables are used by the Tomcat startup scripts. The scripts use
+the environment variables to prepare the command that starts Tomcat.
 
 (3.1) Set CATALINA_HOME (required) and CATALINA_BASE (optional)
 
 The CATALINA_HOME environment variable should be set to the location of the
 root directory of the "binary" distribution of Tomcat.
 
-An example was given in (2.2) above.
-
 The Tomcat startup scripts have some logic to set this variable
 automatically if it is absent, based on the location of the startup script
 in *nix and on the current directory in Windows. That logic might not work



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