Or the war-file doesn't get unpacked, but the app is started from within the war, and the ressource is inside the war.
And please note the difference: It's not Class.getRessourceAsStream(), but ServletContext.getRessourceAsStream(); So in your example: ServletContext sctx = event.getServletContext(); InpuStream is = sctx.getRessourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/yourFileHere.props"). Please also do note, that according to the servlet-specs the parameter-String in ServletContext.getRessourceAsStream() alsways has to start with a slash ("/"). Rgds Gregor -- just because your paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you... gpgp-fp: 79A84FA526807026795E4209D3B3FE028B3170B2 gpgp-key available @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org