On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Carole E. Mah wrote:

> This is REALLY important, because each time I upgrade to a new version
> of the taglibs, I only need to update the one in
> /usr/java/jakarta-taglibs/. Whereas if I copied the file to all the
> different foo|bar|blort/WEB-INF directories, I'd have to replace about
> twelve different files.

Indeed.  I often symlink entire application directories because I switch
containers as often as I upgrade tag libraries.  :-)

> symlinks are your friend (I am sure Windows users can make a
> shortcut).

No, that won't work on Windows, but it's a little-known fact that Window's
NFTS filesystem indeed supports *hard* links, just like Unix does.  You
typically need a tool from Microsoft's "Resource Kit" to set them up,
though; there isn't an interface that's more readily available.

-- 
Shawn Bayern
"JSP Standard Tag Library"   http://www.jstlbook.com
(coming this summer from Manning Publications)


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