I thought about that but it seems that Tomcat would do that for you. thanks
-----Original Message----- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:54 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: WAR File Not Expanded > From: Walter, Patrick A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: WAR File Not Expanded > > The war file will expand when there is no existing > directory for that application. But when there is an > existing directory, the war file does not get expanded. So delete the directory as part of your redeployment procedure. You may also want to clean out the webapp's subdirectory under the work directory to get rid of old versions of compiled JSPs. I believe the standard manager webapp and the ant scripts already do this (but I haven't checked lately). - 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]