It is annoying. I have a remote share on the network that is only static files and I had to convince someone to create a WEB-INF folder on that share and give them a nearly-empty web.xml. I would prefer to not have to maintain it.
Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Remy Maucherat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 12:40 PM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: Annoyance in the deployer > > Hi, > > Not something major, but there's that in the deployer: > // Make sure there is an application configuration directory > // This is needed if the Context appBase is the same as the > // web server document root to make sure only web > applications > // are deployed and not directories for web space. > File webInf = new File(dir, "/WEB-INF"); > if (!webInf.exists() || !webInf.isDirectory() || > !webInf.canRead()) > continue; > > Is that really useful ? I ask because it prevents dropping a folder > containing a bunch of files in webapps (without creating a stupid > WEB-INF folder), which could be annoying. > > Rémy > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
