Change the following in the server.xml :
<Context path="/sampleapp" docBase="sampleapp/" debug="0" reloadable="true"> </Context> As I see from you configurations, the docbase of you application is the webapps directory of Tomcat and not at e:\ ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avinash Sridhar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:24 PM Subject: Tomcat 5.0.16 startup console error Hi, I am trying to get a simple servlet running using tomcat 5.0.16.I had posted the problem previously,but I dont know why it was ignored,plz dont ignore this too. Here is the problem I am facing....... While I startup tomcat,I get the following error, /********************* Start of Error message **************/ SEVERE: Cannot find message associated with key standardContext.resourcesStart java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base E:\sampleapp does not exist or is not a readable directory /*********************End of Error message *******************/ The directory structure is as follows............ /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/sampleapp /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/sampleapp/WEB-INF /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/sampleapp/WEB-INF/classes /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/sampleapp/WEB-INF/lib /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/sampleapp/WEB-INF/sourcefiles /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/sampleapp/WEB-INF/web.xml The content of web.xml is as follows..................... /**********************Start of web.xml ***********************/ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> <web-app> <display-name>Servlet 2.4 Examples</display-name> <description> Servlet 2.4 Examples </description> <!-- Servlet mapping start --> <!-- Define servlets. i.e. bind a servlet name to a class --> <servlet> <servlet-name>HelloServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>HelloServlet</servlt-class> </servlet> <!-- bind a servlet name to a URL (pattern) --> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>HelloServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/sampleapp</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <!-- Servlet mapping end --> </web-app> /********************************* End of web.xml *****************************/ Now I have modified the server.xml file in the TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml................like this,just a line /******************************* server.xml ***********************************/ <Context path="/sampleapp" docBase="e:\sampleapp" debug="0" reloadable="true"> </Context> /*****************************server.xml************************************ / Kindly help me out. Any help would be appreciated Thanks AS --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
