Hi,
I'm new to tomcat and trying to figure out how to deploy a WAR file without deleting all the contents of the old application. That is, I want to overwrite the files with my new archive but not delete any other files that were already there.
The reason I want to do this is because my data and program files are all under the same hierarchy. I want to replace my programs, but not my data. I tried using a symbolic link for my data directory, but tomcat followed the symbolic link and deleted everything in there when expanding the new WAR file.
Any help would be appreciated.
DC
Sure, but what it sounds like you want to do is just name the context differently. When you deploy the war file if you currently have /mywebapp1 then name it /mywebapp2. You'll now have to versions of your webapp deployed on the server in two seperate directories. You just have to access them differently.
It also sounds like you need to come up with a different scheme for your data storage. Maybe place your data store some where else and simply have a config file option that tells your app where the data lies? Maybe something like that. Give your app the brains to create it's data dir based on that setting and give that dir permissions for the user you are running tomcat as. If you don't want to put the data out yourself you app can the first time it is ran and if it is there simply use it. Of course you'll have to have a code module for data upgrades or something if you ever need to change your data structure...unless you keep that basically backward compat some how.
Wade
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