Thanks Alan, I had tried the clean etc. to no avail. The file was there and writeable etc. When I moved my workspace to c:/workspace away from 'documents and settings' folder and created a new project the error disappeared.
I'm not sure if it solved because of the new project or new file location. Thanks for the reply. T Alan Chaney wrote: > > Toriacht > > Eclipse wst has a number of dfferent ways of working. It looks like you > have selected the (default) way in which eclipse > creates its own internal copy of the webapps directory - in your case in > the folder E:\\ ......\tmp1\service_demo. > > What the error is saying is that as tomcat starts it can't find the doc > base. > > This is most likely for the following two reasons: > > 1. the directory really isn't writeable > 2. more likely, you've managed to get eclipse out of sync with your > project. > > I suggest that you try the following: > > Find the 'Server' tab (normally in one of the bottom panes) > Find the tomcat server - right click on in and select 'Clean' and then > 'Refresh' > > This will rebuild the internal copy. > > Try starting it again. > > If this still doesn't work, then please provide the following: > > The FULL startup display from the 'console' pane > Your web.xml > > Thanks > > Alan > > > Toriacht wrote: >> Thanks guys... >> >> I'm not sure if the following is an Eclipse or Tomcat issue. I have a >> simple >> webservices demo written from tuorial. It appeared that teh server was >> started up thru server staus window of eclips..console o/p etc but it >> never >> appeared in task manager or the tomcat was not accessable thru a browser. >> On >> closer inspection I found the following error..this happens when i try to >> start the server thru eclipse.. >> >> >> SEVERE: Error starting static Resources >> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Documents and >> Settings\Brian\workspace\ganymede\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp1\wtpwebapps\service_demo >> does not exist or is not a readable directory >> at >> org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:141) >> >> >> Any ideas? >> >> T >> >> p.s. I have another thread on web services that ended up asking the same >> qn >> as above. although it started out as a more generic question. I hope this >> not against policy. I'll delete other thread if required. >> >> >> >> Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >> >>>> From: g f [mailto:gfo...@gmail.com] >>>> Subject: Re: Tomcat Beginner - Step 2! >>>> >>>> Change your port forwarding(virtual server) to forward port 80 (on the >>>> outside) to port 8080 on the inside. >>>> >>> If your router/modem doesn't support port forwarding, change the >>> <Connector> port in conf/server.xml to use 80 rather than 8080. You >>> must >>> restart Tomcat whenever you make changes to the server.xml file. >>> >>> - 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 unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Tomcat-Beginner---Step-2%21-tp21509364p21526890.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
