I just looked at catalina.bat and it looks like there is no difference in how these used - both eventually get into java command line.
Perhaps tomcat guys wanted to keep java and catalina params logically separated.

Pavel

On Feb 16, 2008 4:38 PM, [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your EPEC Network ICT Team <webmaster@environmentalchange.net> wrote:
> I'll update you (here) after we apply the changes and test again.
>
> Thanks for your help!

Once you get it running I think we need to hear from anybody else about
the difference between CATALINA_OPTS and JAVA_OPTS to create a
reasonable FAQ entry applying to Tomcat.

Greetings,

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Ricardo Rodríguez
Your EPEC Network ICT Team

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