[lug] SysV init scripts for tomcat5/FC2

[Hugh Brown]

I can send you a home brewed one that I have used on rh es3 for tomcat
4, if you are interested.

Hugh (trying out his new gmail account)


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:30:29 +0000, D. Stimits <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have tomcat 5 installed to /usr/local/ via tarball, since there does
> not appear to be an rpm yet, and no spec file is in the tarball for
> rpmbuild. I really don't feel like building it into a full rpm, but
> wanted to use standardized init scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d/.
> 
> Thus I was looking for documentation on SysV init script requirements
> specific to Fedora, especially via LDP, but am coming up blank. Lots of
> examples are in actual files, but the part I need most is to find out
> whether /var/lock/subsys/ lock files are expected for "standard" fedora
> init scripts? Tomcat does not use lock files it appears, so I'd like to
> eliminate that. Barring lock files, does anyone have a suggestion for
> testing via the init script if tomcat is running? Or perhaps just a
> sample tomcat 4 init script from an earlier redhat/fedora tomcat install?
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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