Author: kkolinko
Date: Thu May 31 02:17:51 2012
New Revision: 1344535
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1344535&view=rev
Log:
Correct description of CATALINA_BASE in RUNNING.txt, aligning it with Tomcat 6.
There was discussion on the users list.
Modified:
tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/build/RUNNING.txt
Modified: tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/build/RUNNING.txt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/build/RUNNING.txt?rev=1344535&r1=1344534&r2=1344535&view=diff
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--- tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/build/RUNNING.txt (original)
+++ tomcat/tc5.5.x/trunk/build/RUNNING.txt Thu May 31 02:17:51 2012
@@ -119,14 +119,12 @@ Advanced Configuration - Multiple Tomcat
In many circumstances, it is desirable to have a single copy of a Tomcat
binary distribution shared among multiple users on the same server. To make
-this possible, you can pass a "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument when
-executing the startup command (see (2)). In this
-"-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument, replace $CATALINA_BASE with the
+this possible, you can set the $CATALINA_BASE environment variable to the
directory that contains the files for your 'personal' Tomcat instance.
-When you use this "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument, Tomcat will
-calculate all relative references for files in the following directories based
-on the value of $CATALINA_BASE instead of $CATALINA_HOME:
+When you use $CATALINA_BASE, Tomcat will calculate all relative references for
+files in the following directories based on the value of $CATALINA_BASE instead
+of $CATALINA_HOME:
* bin - Only setenv.sh (*nix) and setenv.bat (windows)
@@ -143,9 +141,9 @@ on the value of $CATALINA_BASE instead o
* temp - Directory used by the JVM for temporary files (java.io.tmpdir)
-If you do not pass the "-Dcatalina.base=$CATALINA_BASE" argument to the
-startup command, $CATALINA_BASE will default to the same value as
$CATALINA_HOME,
- which means that the same directory is used for all relative path resolutions.
+If you do not set $CATALINA_BASE, $CATALINA_BASE will default to the same value
+as $CATALINA_HOME, which means that the same directory is used for all relative
+path resolutions.
The administration and manager web applications, which are defined in the
$CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/localhost/admin.xml
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