Tomcat as service : install path with spaces

Question

I'm trying to install tomcat as service
but when I choose an install path with spaces
I mean smthing like "c:\program files\tomcat"
it doesn't work
I tried to modify the wrapper.properties file
with "" but it doesn't work
I even set the parameter wrapper.cmd_line with
a command line that works when launched for CMD
but the service doesn't start
any idea????

Answer 1

I found it ! (hope it helps)
wrapper.properties that works with spaces in the name
of the java directory and the tomcat directory
# $Header: /home/cvs/jakarta-tomcat/src/etc/Attic/wrapper.properties,v 1.2.2.1 2000/10/16 01:59:22 larryi Exp $
# $Revision: 1.2.2.1 $
# $Date: 2000/10/16 01:59:22 $
# jk_service.properties - a bootstrup file for the Tomcat NT service.
# This file provides jk_nt_service with the needed information to
# start tomcat at a different process.
# As a general note, the characters $( and ) are used internally to define
# macros. Do not use them!!!
# Whenever you see a set of lines such as:
# x=value
# y=$(x)\something
# the final value for y will be value\something
# Normaly all you will need to modify is the first two properties, i.e.
# wrapper.tomcat_home and wrapper.java_home. Most of the configuration
# is derived from these two.
# wrapper.tomcat_home should point to the location where you
# installed tomcat. This is where you have your conf, webapps and lib
# directories.
wrapper.tomcat_home=C:\Program Files\tomcat-3.2.1
# wrapper.java_home should point to your Java installation. Normally
# you should have a bin and lib directories beneath it.
wrapper.java_home=C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3
#------ ADVANCED MODE ------------------------------------------------
# Make sure that you read the how-to before making too many changes.
# Defining where the service is going to put the standard
# output of Tomcat. This is where System.out.println and
# System.err.println goes to.
wrapper.stdout=$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\logs\jvm.stdout
wrapper.stderr=$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\logs\jvm.stderr
# Additions to the path. put here directories where you store DLLs for
# native methods etc.
wrapper.ld_path=d:\
wrapper.ld_path=c:\
# Defining the classpath. All the rows that belongs to the class_path
# property are concatenated to create the classpath for Tomcat.
# If you have additional locations that you would like to add to the
# claspath you should add a new wrapper.class_path=<location> line.
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\classes"
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\lib\jaxp.jar"
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\lib\parser.jar"
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\lib\webserver.jar"
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\lib\servlet.jar"
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\lib\jasper.jar"
# This is where Javac is located in JDK1.2.x
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.java_home)\lib\tools.jar"
# and a tribute to JDK1.1.x
wrapper.class_path="$(wrapper.java_home)\lib\classes.zip"
# This is the Java interpreter used for running Tomcat
wrapper.javabin=$(wrapper.java_home)\bin\java.exe
# This is Tomcat's startup class (the class that contains Tomcat's
# starting point.
wrapper.startup_class=org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat
# This is the location where tomcat's server.xml configuration file
# is located.
wrapper.server_xml=$(wrapper.tomcat_home)\conf\server.xml
# The NT service uses AJP12/AJP13 to shutdown Tomcat. The
# wrapper.shutdown_port tells the service the identity of the port that
# is used by AJP12/AJP13.
wrapper.shutdown_port=8007
# Can either be ajp12 or ajp13 depending on your configuration.
# Default value is ajp12
wrapper.shutdown_protocol=ajp12
# This is the command line that is used to start Tomcat. You can add extra
# parameters to it but you can not remove anything.
wrapper.cmd_line="$(wrapper.javabin)" -classpath $(wrapper.class_path) $(wrapper.startup_class) -config "$(wrapper.server_xml)" -home "$(wrapper.tomcat_home)"