Re: [5] launcher/deamon

2002-08-03 Thread Costin Manolache
On Sat, 03 Aug 2002 18:07:08 -0700, Patrick Luby wrote: > Costin, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Patrick Luby wrote: >> >> >> I also have reservations - I see no reason to require it, at least not >> until commons-launcher is stable and released. >> >> "java -jar tomcat.j

Re: [5] launcher/deamon

2002-08-03 Thread Patrick Luby
Costin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Patrick Luby wrote: > > I also have reservations - I see no reason to require it, at least > not until commons-launcher is stable and released. > > "java -jar tomcat.jar" should be enough ( I almost got it working > for 5.0, and it work

Re: [5] launcher/deamon

2002-08-03 Thread costinm
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Patrick Luby wrote: > Basically, commons-launcher classloads the ant.jar bundled with Tomcat 5 > (Jasper2 also classloads Ant 1.5). commons-launcher is just a wrapper > for bootstrapping Ant plus some custom tasks and data types. I don't use > Ant's scripts because Ant' bat

Re: [5] launcher/deamon

2002-08-03 Thread Patrick Luby
Costin, Costin Manolache wrote: > > > I saw a proposal for 'conditional' on all tasks ( for ant1.6). In any case > the current ant ( even 1.5 ) seems to have all the elements it needs to start > tomcat ( cactus and anteater are doing it ). > Basically, commons-launcher classloads the ant.jar b

Re: [5] launcher/deamon

2002-08-03 Thread Costin Manolache
Patrick, the idea is great - the implementations details are a bit problematic :-) On Sat, 03 Aug 2002 09:04:18 -0700, Patrick Luby wrote: > Costin, > > I plan to post a patch to Ant for the enhanced data types (e.g. > syspropertyset) and the conditional task elements (e.g. > sysproperty with

Re: [5] launcher/deamon

2002-08-03 Thread Patrick Luby
Costin, I plan to post a patch to Ant for the enhanced data types (e.g. syspropertyset) and the conditional task elements (e.g. sysproperty with "if" and "unless" attributes) back to Ant as I think they would really enhance the Ant task. I just haven't had time yet but I will do so eventual

[5] launcher/deamon

2002-08-03 Thread Costin Manolache
Patrick ( and all ), The 'launcher' is a very good idea - reducing the use of .bat/sh and having 'keepalive' functionality and a clean startup file are all great. My only requirement is to keep the code clean and minimise dependencies. My understanding of the launcher is that it uses ant file