----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Thomas" <ma...@apache.org> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:23:31 AM > Subject: Re: HTTP Status 500 - Error instantiating servlet class > org.apache.jsp.index_jsp
> On 13/08/2014 19:00, Dennis Longnecker wrote: > > I changed the web.xml as described. I delete delete the work directory and > > restarted the web server. > OK. That should fix one set of errors. > > These files reside in the /external-references directory under webappl. > webappl? > > The main purpose is to display files in the different directories. In the > > /external-references/META-INF there is a file called context.xml, and it > > has a single line that says: <Context docBase="C:\WikiShare" > > reloadable="true"/> > Hmm. I think I know what is going on but I want to make sure I give you > the correct information. Please provide the full paths for all of these > locations along with the full path to your Tomcat installation. > Mark > > So if someone types in > > http:/devwiki:8080/external-references/docs/fred.txt, it is suppossed to > > display the file in c:\WikiShare\docs\fred.txt. However, when I do that, I > > get: > > > > HTTP Status 404 - /external-references/docs/fred.txt > > type Status report > > > > message /external-references/docs/fred.txt > > > > description The requested resource is not available. > > > > The only log entry is in localhost_access_log is: > > 206.194.128.141 - - [13/Aug/2014:10:57:05 -0700] "GET > > /external-references/docs/fred.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 1058 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org For what I am working on... the web.xml is in: C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\webapps\external-references\WEB-INF the context.xml is in: C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\webapps\external-references\META-INF the fred.txt file is in: C:\WikiShare\docs (I migrated the JSPWiki application over with no problem. It runs under: C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\webapps\JSPWiki - just down to this file displayer now) Dennis
