Project: Tomcat
Bug 43150 Tomcat and path with pound sign (#) -> ClassNotFoundException
Reported: 2007-08-16 14:35:07 | Status: resolved fixed

Tomcat will not start if it's located and launched from a path with a # (pound) character somewhere. You'll find all informations in the given mail-thread on tomcat-user, including some developer specific informations. One part of the problem is the usage of File.toURL in URLClassloader... I'd really appreciate it if this problem could be fixed/worked around (see mail-thread for hints). btw. the same applies to version 5.5 and probably earlier versions too. thanks!

Files changed in fix:
java/org/apache/catalina/startup/ClassLoaderFactory.java java/org/apache/jasper/JspCompilationContext.java