Ah! I understand, the empty file fools resin into think it exists. I'll try it out.
Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark McBride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 30, 2003 1:51 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: site root going straight to a .do > > > This is my entry running under Resin2.X > <welcome-file-list> > <welcome-file>index.do</welcome-file> > </welcome-file-list> > > There is a physical file there but it's blank. Seems that resin > just checks > for existence before passing on the request. > > -Mark > > At 01:41 PM 6/30/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >I'd be interested to see what you've put in your WEB.XML file and which > >container you're using. > >I've just tried adding a welcome.do entry in mine for Tomcat > 4.1.24 and it > >does not work. > > > >My understanding is the same as K.C. - that it currently > requires a physical > >file, but that this is slated to be changed in a later release of the > >servlet spec (I'm not sure if it made it into 2.4). > > > >Steve > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mark McBride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: June 30, 2003 9:25 AM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: site root going straight to a .do > > > > > > > > > I've placed a blank index.do under my webapp and everything works > > > great! I believe the web container first checks for the > existence of the > > > file before submitting the request. If file = true request is > submitted > >and struts > > > magic begins =) > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mark T. McBride > Computer Scientist > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > http://www.llnl.gov > > Office: (925) 423-1627 > Fax: (925) 423-3140 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
