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Hi, this is a tomcat 5.5 configuration question.

What I want is to have a directory outside the nornal structure used as a
project.
This would be where I compile my classes and I want Tomcat to see them.

I looked at the server.xml file but am not sure what to do with it.
I googled on this topic, but the only answers seem to point to a book.
I looked at the book in the bookstore, but it didn't really have any more
information.

Any help you could provide would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve

Steven Green wrote:
> Hi, this is a tomcat 5.5 configuration question.
>
> What I want is to have a directory outside the nornal structure used as a
> project.
> This would be where I compile my classes and I want Tomcat to see them.
>
> I looked at the server.xml file but am not sure what to do with it.
> I googled on this topic, but the only answers seem to point to a book.
> I looked at the book in the bookstore, but it didn't really have any more
> information.
>
> Any help you could provide would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
Hi Steve

I have asked general questions in this newsgroup about tomcat with no
reply. I can tell you what I have experienced relative to your question.
I use Eclipse to build some test apps which are deployed to tomcat from
Eclipse. Eclipse maintains the code in my Eclipse workspaces and has
tomcat run the app from those directories. This is what I see.

The only thing I see that is done is to create an application xml file
under Tomcat's '\conf\Catalina\localhost' subdirectory.

This xml file 'AppName.xml' looks like this...

<Context path="/AppName"
reloadable="true"
docBase="C:\Documents and Settings\Ed Taylor\workspace\AppName"
workDir="C:\Documents and Settings\Ed
Taylor\workspace\AppName\work" > </Context>

Not sure if this helps but at least you have something to search for
based on this xml file.

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Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA
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