Re: Tomcat3.2 final doesn't support user defined MIME type

[Craig R. McClanahan]

Jason Zhu wrote:

> Another prove is: after I delete "TOMCAT_HOME\conf\web.xml" file, the
> tomecat still starts up without complaining or error.  It seems to me that
> tomcat doesn't read "TOMCAT_HOME\conf\web.xml" file.  Nor such messages
> printed on the dos prompt window.

You are correct -- Tomcat 3.2 does *not* read the $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/web.xml
file.  You should be placing your MIME mappings in the WEB-INF/web.xml file for
your own application.

Craig McClanahan