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From: "Jaap van der Molen" <molen@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: Tomcat dies immediately under windows
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 11:23:12 +0100
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Edit startup.bat and change the command after ":start" to
"call %TOMCAT_HOME%\bin\tomcat run %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9"
i.e. replace "start" by "run"

Tomcat will now run in the same window, enabling you to read the error
messages.

re Jaap

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Armstrong" <eric@treelight.com>

> Problem:
>   * OS = Win98.
>   * Tomcat startup announces "it is starting in a new
>     window".
>   * A window flashes up for an instant, and then
>     disappears.
>   * No LOGS directory was created.
>   * After manually creating the directory, no log is
>     written there after a retry.
>   * The process list does not show any instance of
>     tomcat running