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 ============================================================================== --- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org