On 24 March 2017 16:06:21 GMT+00:00, Jeffrey Janner <jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com> wrote: >I was re-reading the RUNNING.txt to see why I had to copy >tomcat-juli.jar to the CATALINA_BASE/bin directory instead of just >having it run out of CATALINA_HOME/bin. >It seemed annoying to me to have to copy it to all my CATALINA_BASE >instances every time I upgraded, but I thought I ran into problems not >having it there. >Then I ran into this bit of documentation: > >In CATALINA_BASE: > >* bin - Only the following files: > > * setenv.sh (*nix) or setenv.bat (Windows), > * tomcat-juli.jar >.... > >In CATALINA_BASE: > >* bin - Only the following files: > > * setenv.sh (*nix) or setenv.bat (Windows), > * tomcat-juli.jar > >So I guess my question is, can I really just leave it out of my >CATALINA_BASE directory without causing any issues? >I want to say I had issues with it not being there, but cannot recall >what they were. >And if there is no difference, why make the suggestion in the >RUNNING.txt file at all?
You copied the wrong bits from RUNNING.txt You can place the jar in CATALINA_HOME if you wish. The historical reason for allowing both is if you want different implementations in different instances you need to put the right implementation JAR in CATALINA_BASE. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org