Have you considered using Ant to build and deploy your applications?
-Original Message-
From: Eugene Gluzberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Donnerstag, 21. November 2002 01:45
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: problem with Classloader and symbolic links in 4.1.12
Here is a scenario.
I
Unfortunatelly that would mean i have to change my build system to save
the classes to WEB-INF/classes directory, which is exactly what i am
trying to avoid
Our current build system places class files in the same dir as the
source.. Ugly, i know, but i rather not move to ant just yet, its a
>
> it would make my life so much easier since I am trying to develop an app
> with thousands of classes and hundreds of packages, modifying my build
> system to send all the classes to the tomcat dir would be a hassle.
The simplest way is to setup the context so that it points to your
development
Here is a scenario.
I created a reloadable webapp in my tomcat installation, created the
directory structure:
webapps/test/WEB-INF/lib
webapps/test/WEB-INF/classes
I then create a symlink from classes to where my code package resides:
ln -s $HOME/source/testPackage webapps/test/WEB-INF/classe
