On Sat, 2 Apr 2011, Pierre Goupil wrote: > Yes, but the download page says that .tar.gz is recommended for Unix / Linux > and .zip for Windows, IIRC. > > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:41 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 2 April 2011 10:35, Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> wrote: > > > > > > i just noticed that users on a linux/unix system that unload tomcat7 > > > from the zip file are going to have trouble running it since the bin/ > > > scripts are not marked executable in the zip file. > > > > Unfortunately Zip does not support such attributes. > > > > > if tomcat7 is unloaded from the tar ball, then everything will work > > > fine since the scripts are executable. but from the zip file, they > > > aren't, which means someone who runs "sh bin/startup.sh" will get: > > > > > > Cannot find bin/catalina.sh > > > This file is needed to run this program > > > > > > and that's because of this test in startup.sh: > > > > > > if [ ! -x "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" ]; then > > > echo "Cannot find $PRGDIR/$EXECUTABLE" > > > echo "This file is needed to run this program" > > > exit 1 > > > fi > > > > > > the catalina.sh script is there, of course, it's just not executable > > > so startup.sh (misleadingly) claims it doesn't exist. > > > > Agreed, the message is misleading. > > > > > experienced linux users will probably notice what's going on > > > immediately, but others might be thoroughly confused.
#1: don't top post. #2: the advice is still wrong. there is a distinct difference between "recommended" and "required". if you choose to defend what you *imagine* you're reading there, feel free. i, on the other hand, am criticizing (for good reason) what is *actually* there. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org