Charles, THANK YOU!! This put me on the right track to the answer. I did see something very similar to what you were talking about in a document somewhere, but it wasn't especially clear. About 10 more minutes of tinkering with it and it worked! One thing that threw me off was the directories, which didn't exist yet. I created /conf/Catalina/localhost (localhost on a hunch) and put ROOT.xml in it: <Context path="/" docBase="c:/the_app/WebRoot/"> </Context> Then deleted the old ROOT dir under webapps that was copied in before, and restarted. Miraculously, it came right up without copying anything. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
"Caldarale, Charles R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Alice Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: change in local directory deployment behavior > between 5.5 and 6 > > I've looked into it some more and it seems like I need to > create a custom context.xml. However I can't seem to find > much information on how to do this at all, in the tomcat > docs or in the tomcat-related books that I have. You certainly had one before, although it may have been created automatically during the deployment. Whatever script you're using should also have created it for Tomcat 6. Most books have not caught up to Tomcat 5.5, let alone 6. In any event, the doc is here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html Basically, you need to create a file named ROOT.xml in conf/Catalina/[host]; within that file you need to have a element with a docBase attribute pointing to the actual location of your webapp (c:/myapp/WebRoot, apparently). You may need other attributes as well; that depends on the webapp. You must also delete Tomcat's regular webapps/ROOT directory and everything in it. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
