Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 20209 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2000 01:10:51 -0000 Received: from msp-26-164-160.mn.rr.com (HELO localhost.localdomain) (24.26.164.160) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 6 Nov 2000 01:10:51 -0000 Received: from fatman (IDENT:nobody@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA10856 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:18:02 -0600 Message-ID: <1461744334.973473482038.JavaMail.nobody@fatman> Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:18:01 -0600 (CST) From: BugRat Mail System Reply-To: BugRat Mail System To: tomcat-bugs@cortexity.com Subject: BugRat Report #346 has been filed. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="605139663.973473481987.JavaMail.nobody@fatman" X-Mailer: org.gjt.mail.EnhancedMimeMsg, Organization: The Giant Java Tree, X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N --605139663.973473481987.JavaMail.nobody@fatman Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bug report #346 has just been filed. You can view the report at the following URL: REPORT #346 Details. Project: Catalina Category: Bug Report SubCategory: New Bug Report Class: swbug State: received Priority: low Severity: critical Confidence: public Environment: Release: 4.0-m4 JVM Release: 1.3 Operating System: Linux OS Release: Kernel 2.2.14 Platform: x86 Synopsis: Exclamation Point in Directory Name Causes Startup Failure Description: Having an exclamation point (!) in your working directory name, (such as untarring jarkarta into, as in my case, "/home/pdavis/!MISC/jakarta-tomcat-4.0-m4/") causes trying to start the tomcat server to fail with some class-not-found errors. The fix is simple, just figure out how to escape the point in the path name - most likely this would be done in catalina.sh. --605139663.973473481987.JavaMail.nobody@fatman Content-Type: text/html; name=Report-346.html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Report-346.html Content-Description: DataSource attachment 'Report-346.html' BugRat Report # 346

BugRat Report # 346

Project: Catalina Release: 4.0-m4
Category: Bug Report SubCategory: New Bug Report
Class: swbug State: received
Priority: low Severity: critical
Confidence: public

Submitter: _Anonymous ( anonymous-bug@cortexity.com )
Date Submitted: Nov 5 2000, 07:18:01 CST
Responsible: Z_Tomcat Alias ( tomcat-bugs@cortexity.com )

Synopsis:
Exclamation Point in Directory Name Causes Startup Failure
Environment: (jvm, os, osrel, platform)
1.3, Linux, Kernel 2.2.14, x86

Additional Environment Description:

Report Description:
Having an exclamation point (!) in your working directory name, (such as untarring jarkarta into, as in my case, "/home/pdavis/!MISC/jakarta-tomcat-4.0-m4/") causes trying to start the tomcat server to fail with some class-not-found errors. The fix is simple, just figure out how to escape the point in the path name - most likely this would be done in catalina.sh.

How To Reproduce:
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Workaround:
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