Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-user-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 38855 invoked from network); 23 Aug 2002 18:33:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 23 Aug 2002 18:33:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 25422 invoked by uid 97); 23 Aug 2002 18:33:23 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 25402 invoked by uid 97); 23 Aug 2002 18:33:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Tomcat Users List" Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 25390 invoked by uid 98); 23 Aug 2002 18:33:22 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4218 created Aug 14 2002) From: "Mike Jackson" To: "Tomcat Users List" Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached file rather than updated file Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:32:32 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Try restarting tomcat after clearing out the "work" directory. --mikej -=----- mike jackson mjackson@cdi-hq.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Wise, Bowden (Research) [mailto:wisegb@crd.ge.com] > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:16 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached file rather > than updated file > > > Thanks for the response, Mike: > > Note this test was done within a java program -- outside > the browser -- so there is no browser at all, has to be > coming from Tomcat in response to the underlying HTTP GET > sent by the call to get the content by the java URL > object > > Bowden > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Mike Jackson [mailto:mjackson@cdi-hq.com] > >Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:11 PM > >To: Tomcat Users List > >Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached file rather > >than updated file > > > > > >Check your browser settings, make sure it's set to check the cache on > >every page access. It's probably the browser that's the problem. > > > >--mikej > >-=----- > >mike jackson > >mjackson@cdi-hq.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Wise, Bowden (Research) [mailto:wisegb@crd.ge.com] > >> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:54 AM > >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' > >> Subject: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached file > >rather than > >> updated file > >> > >> > >> Hi > >> > >> Sorry for the multiple postings about this, but I am > >> baffled, and am surprised at the behavior... > >> > >> When using a java.net.URL to download a file on a > >> tomcat webapp, i am finding that I get the OLD content > >> rather than the new content > >> > >> I wrote a simple java test program: > >> - write "first" to the file (FileWriter) > >> - read the file (URL), verify "first" is read > >> - write "second" to the file (FileWriter) > >> - read the file (URL), should be "second" but gets "first" > >> > >> If I insert a pause (sleep call) before the second > >> write, the second read does correctly obtain "second" > >> > >> I also tested on an Apache accesible directory and > >> the problem does not appear, the second read correctly > >> returns "second" immediately > >> > >> Does the tomcat cache mechanism not work when there is > >> not sufficient elapsed times between file updates? > >> > >> I can't believe noone has noticed this > >> > >> Or is there something wrong with my configuration? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Bowden > >> > >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: Wise, Bowden (Research) > >> >Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 7:40 AM > >> >To: 'Tomcat Users List' > >> >Subject: Why does TOMCAT return cache page when file has been > >> >modified?? > >> > > >> > > >> >Hi > >> > > >> >Please review my original message below and let me know > >> >if you have seen this or know why it is happening > >> > > >> >thanks > >> >Bowden > >> > > >> >>-----Original Message----- > >> >>From: Wise, Bowden (Research) > >> >>Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:13 PM > >> >>To: 'tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org' > >> >>Subject: Tomcat Retrieves old cached file after file update > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>Hi > >> >> > >> >>I am finding that Tomca4.0.3 is returning old cached content > >> >>even after the underlying file has been modified. > >> >> > >> >>I have a servlet and JSP that work together, the servlet modifies > >> >>a file in a web accessible directory (via FileWriter) and then > >> >>redirects to the JSP which uses a URL to read the content > >> >>of the file and display it. > >> >> > >> >>Once redirected, even though the file changed, the data displayed > >> >>is the old content. > >> >> > >> >>I wrote a simple program to test this further: > >> >> write to the file > >> >> read content > >> >> write new content > >> >> second read of content > >> >> > >> >>the second read always returns the first content when tested > >> >>under Tomcat but when testing on an Apache web server > >> >>this problem does not happen as the new content is always > >> >>returned. > >> >> > >> >>if I pause for 5 seconds between the first read and the > >> >>write of the new content, the latst data is obtained by > >> >>the second read... > >> >> > >> >>however, a pause of 1 second still reveals the old content > >> >> > >> >>Does the tomcat cache mechanism need a few seconds > >> >>before it realizes that a file has changed?? > >> >> > >> >>Bowden > >> >>g GE Global Research Center > >> >>___________________________ > >> >>G. Bowden Wise > >> >> wisegb@research.ge.com > >> >>Information and Decision Technologies > >> >>GE Global Research Center > >> >>Building K1, Room 5B2C > >> >>PO Box 8 | One Research Circle > >> >>Schenectady, NY 12301 | Niskayuna NY 12309 > >> >>Phone: 518-387-7833 | Fax: 518-387-6104 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>Bowden > >> >>g GE Global Research Center > >> >>___________________________ > >> >>G. 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