Can't start Tomcat5

[Panday Manako]

Hi all,
Can't start Tomcat5 using windows 2000. Everytime I execute the startup.bat, command prompt window just pop out and disappears. This does not happen using Tomcat3 in windows 2000.
Can anyone point to me the url concerning the invoker. Thanks
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Panday

[William Brogden]

In order to see whats going wrong you have to
1. execute startup.bat from an open command prompt window that has CATALINA_HOME/bin as the current directory.
2. but first change the line in startup.bat that reads

call "%EXECUTABLE%" start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
  

to

call "%EXECUTABLE%" run %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
  

so that Catalina.bat will execute in the same window and the window will stay open.
One ranchers take on invoker can be found here.
Bill

[Tony Evans]

I have tried as William suggested and changed
call "%EXECUTABLE%" start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
to
call "%EXECUTABLE%" run %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
But the command prompt does not stay open.
If there is a way of making sure a command propt stays open I will prob be able to debug this problem.
Thanks for any help Tony

[Rene Larsen]

Originally posted by William Brogden:

call "%EXECUTABLE%" run %CMD_LINE_ARGS%

This line should be without the 'run' word (it is not a valid Windows command!!)
Ren�

[William Brogden]

1. In order for the command prompt to stay open, you MUST execute the startup.bat from an open Command Prompt window. Open a command prompt, navigate to your TOMCAT_HOME /bin window, enter startup and hit return.
2. With respect to this comment:

This line should be without the 'run' word (it is not a valid Windows command!!)

I regret to state that you are incorrect - just today I used exactly this command in startup.bat when trying to debug a tomcat problem. When "start" is used, a new window opens, when "run" is used Catalina.bat continues to execute in the open window.
Bill

[Rene Larsen]

I can now see what you mean ;-)
in 'cataline.bat' the start/run/.. is catched like this:
if ""%1"" == ""debug"" goto doDebug
if ""%1"" == ""run"" goto doRun
if ""%1"" == ""start"" goto doStart
if ""%1"" == ""stop"" goto doStop
So yes, you are right about what you first wrote.
I normaly change this line in the 'catalina.bat':
set _EXECJAVA=start "Tomcat" %_RUNJAVA%
where I remove 'start "Tomcat"' from the line.
Ren�

[William Brogden]

Ah - thats the difference, I try to never touch catalina.bat or setclasspath.bat and do all modifications in startup.bat
It seems that most new Tomcat installations start right up but if there is any error you really have to dig. Sometimes that 2nd window opens and closes so fast that you don't even notice.
Bill
[ February 29, 2004: Message edited by: William Brogden ]

[Panday Manako]

Thanks Bill,
I was able to look into the error.
Panday