Safe to move tomcat directory while tomcat running?

Hi, I have to move the tomcat directory with in my user and i ask is it safe if i do it while tomcat is running as i need to avoid downtime of my application. Thanks in Advance Dean

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Dean Chester wrote: Hi, I have to move the tomcat directory with in my user and i ask is it safe if i do it while tomcat is running as i need to avoid downtime of my application. Thanks in Advance Dean I doubt you would even be able to do so, at least not in Windows.

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I would be doing it on red hat. Would it just be easier to email all the users and say its down for maintenance and then just move it? Dean On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:02 PM, David kerber dcker...@verizon.net wrote: Dean Chester wrote: Hi, I have to move the tomcat directory with in my user and

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: Dean Chester [mailto:dean.g.ches...@googlemail.com] Subject: Safe to move tomcat directory while tomcat running? I have to move the tomcat directory with in my user and i ask is it safe if i do it while tomcat is running as i need to avoid downtime of my application. Generally, no, you

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2009/12/1 Dean Chester dean.g.ches...@googlemail.com: Ok thanks what i meant is that the tomcat directory is in ~/tomcat6/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/ and i need to move it to my home directory ~/. Basically was it safe to do it while tomcat is still running. No, that is not safe. Tomcat may access

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Ok i will turn tomcat off then move the directory. Dean On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Peter Crowther peter.crowt...@melandra.comwrote: 2009/12/1 Dean Chester dean.g.ches...@googlemail.com: Ok thanks what i meant is that the tomcat directory is in ~/tomcat6/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/ and i need

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To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Safe to move tomcat directory while tomcat running? I would be doing it on red hat. Would it just be easier to email all the users and say its down for maintenance and then just move it? Dean On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:02 PM, David kerber dcker

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Without stopping the JVM you want to change the files that the JVM is using? I wonder. Hopefully, you can copy the files to another location, if the application dont have any open inputstream. But the JVM current execution path will not change if you donot restart it. Thanks Regards Anirban