Start tomcat in linux with verbose

Question

When I want to start the tomcat service I write

/etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat start

However it doesnt give any sign what is happening and sometimes it takes time until the service is fully started.

Is there a verbose command for the tomcat start

Answer 1

You can start another window and type:

tail -f /var/log/tomcat6/catalina.out

or wherever your log is, that will give you an indication what is happening.