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Subject: RE: WEB-INF with War Files
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:51:30 -0400
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Thread-Topic: WEB-INF with War Files
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From: "Shapira, Yoav" <Yoav.Shapira@mpi.com>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>


Howdy,
You need a web.xml in the WEB-INF directory.  You don't have write
permission normally to files on the classpath, including your own
property file.

A .war file is just the congolomeration of everything under your docBa=
se
jarred together.  If you expand it (jar xvf app.war) and remove it, yo=
ur
app should run exactly the same.

Yoav Shapira
Millennium ChemInformatics


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tyson Lowery [mailto:tysonlowery@simdynasty.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:31 AM
>To: Tomcat-User@Jakarta.Apache.Org
>Subject: WEB-INF with War Files
>
>Hi all,
>I have 3 different files for my web deployment - app.jar, app.war, an=
d
>app.properties.
>
>Can I use a WEB-INF structure when using a war file?  I have placed t=
he
war
>file in Tomcat's webapps directory.  I have then created a directory
called
>apps with a WEB-INF subdirectory, which has two more subdirectories -=

>classes and lib.  I have placed the app.jar in the lib directory, and=

the
>app.properties in the classes directory.  My application requires
>app.properties to be in the classpath.  My application also needs to =
be
>able
>to read and write to this properties file.
>
>The jar and properties file aren't visible to the JSP pages in the wa=
r
>file.
>I get all kinds of class not found errors.  When I move the jar to
>common/lib/, but leave the properties file in classes, the jar is rea=
d
but
>the properties file is not.  I can't place everything in the common
folders
>anyhow, since I ultimately want to run multiple versions of the
software on
>the same Tomcat instance.
>
>Am I doing something wrong?  Do I need a web.xml in the WEB-INF
directory?
>Any other helpful hints would be appreciated.
>
>Tyson
>tysonlowery@simdynasty.com
>www.simdynasty.com
>
>
>
>
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