Hi ,

       I am working with tomcat4.1.29 standalone .I need to
run it on UNIX,Linux and Windows .

   My webapplication has a servlet which loads on startup
.This servlet starts a thread
   When i shutdown tomcat using shutdown.bat in windows or
using the .sh in unix ,the tomcat console does not close .
   When i remove the load on startup and start  the
application via the browser to start the thread and then issue shutdown
.bat , tomcat shuts down without hanging
   
   Can you please give a solution to get me out of this
problem in both Windows and Unix .
   Your immediate response will be of immese help
   
   I also tried stopping the thread in the destroy method
of the servlet but still the shutdown hangs ..(the port 8080 is released
thou )
   
   Thanks and Regards
   Mukund