Quoting zhicheng wang <wang_zc@(protected)>:

> thanks jake,
> but that was not my problem. you were tooooo quick to
> respond - thanks.
>

No, actually I answered the question, but left the details to you.

> i do NOT have problem to run tomcat as service, the
> problem is where to include
> "-Dfile.encoding=ISO-8859-1" on the start up when run
> as a service?
>
> I have no problem to make this work when start tomcat
> from command line. but the service.bat runs
> tomcat.exe, not java
>
> ...?
>

Have a look at my modified service.bat file (renamed to service.txt to avoid
servers from stripping the attachment). Find the --JavaOptions area and add
your -D parameter there.


Jake


> cheng
>
> --- Jacob Kjome <hoju@(protected)
> zhicheng wang <wang_zc@(protected)>:
> >
> > > Dear Mark and other experts
> > >
> > > i am running tomcat 5.0.19 on win2k as service.
> > but i
> > > need to have charset ISO-8859-1.
> > >
> > > where can i setup -Dfile.encoding=ISO-8859-1 so
> > that
> > > this encoding is used?
> > >
> >
> > Look in CATALINA_HOME/bin/service.bat
> >
> > You'll have to first do:
> >
> > service.bat remove
> >
> > modify service.bat as needed, then do...
> >
> > service.bat install Tomcat5
> >
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > > thanks
> > > cheng
> > >
> > >
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> > > Z C Wang
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@echo off
if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" setlocal
rem ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
rem NT Service Install/Uninstall script
rem
rem Options
rem install           Install the service using Tomcat5 as service name.
rem                Service is installed using default settings.
rem remove           Remove the service from the System.
rem
rem name     (optional) If the second argument is present it is considered
rem                to be new service name                            
rem
rem $Id: service.bat,v 1.3 2003/12/24 04:40:43 billbarker Exp $
rem ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

rem Guess CATALINA_HOME if not defined
set CURRENT_DIR=%cd%
if not "%CATALINA_HOME%" == "" goto gotHome
set CATALINA_HOME=%cd%
if exist "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\tomcat.exe" goto okHome
rem CD to the upper dir
cd ..
set CATALINA_HOME=%cd%
:gotHome
if exist "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\tomcat.exe" goto okHome
echo The tomcat.exe was not found...
echo The CATALINA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly.
echo This environment variable is needed to run this program
goto end
:okHome

set EXECUTABLE=%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\tomcat.exe

rem Set default Service name
set SERVICE_NAME=Tomcat5

if "%1" == "" goto displayUsage
if "%2" == "" goto setServiceName
set SERVICE_NAME=%2
:setServiceName
if %1 == install goto doInstall
if %1 == remove goto doRemove
echo Unknown parameter "%1"
:displayUsage
echo
echo Usage: service.bat install/remove [service_name]
goto end

:doRemove
rem Remove the service
"%EXECUTABLE%" //DS//%SERVICE_NAME%
echo The service '%SERVICE_NAME%' has been removed
goto end

:doInstall
rem Install the service
"%EXECUTABLE%" //IS//%SERVICE_NAME% --DisplayName "Apache Tomcat" --Description "Apache Tomcat Server - http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/" --Install "%EXECUTABLE%" --ImagePath "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\bootstrap.jar" --StartupClass org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap;main;start --ShutdownClass org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap;main;stop --Java java --Startup manual
rem Set extra parameters
"%EXECUTABLE%" //US//%SERVICE_NAME% --JavaOptions -Dcatalina.home="\"%CATALINA_HOME%\""#-Djava.endorsed.dirs="\"%CATALINA_HOME%\common\endorsed\""#-Djava.io.tmpdir="\"%CATALINA_HOME%\temp\""#-Dbuild.compiler.emacs=true#-server#-Xms32m#-Xmx512m#-Xrs --StdOutputFile "%CATALINA_HOME%\logs\stdout.log" --StdErrorFile "%CATALINA_HOME%\logs\stderr.log" --WorkingPath "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin"
echo The service '%SERVICE_NAME%' has been installed

:end
cd %CURRENT_DIR%

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