This has NEVER worked for me, I don't think it will if the directory exists...
todd http://www.wiserlabz.com collaborative effort to promote Novell and Open Source solutions Jeff Larsen wrote: >I'm having the same problem with unpacking updated >war files when the directory already exists. > >Anyone out there know what's up? > >Jeff > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Teter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:03 AM >Subject: manager/remove functionality > > >>Hello. >> >>I'm just beginning to use the manager app to deploy my >>app instead of dropping a myapp.war file into the >>webapps dir, deleting the webapps/myapp directory and >>myapp.war file, stopping Tomcat, and retarting Tomcat. >> >>The stopping and restarting of Tomcat was a real drag. >> >>So now I do manager/install ... my war file from my >>dist directory, and that makes my app available. I >>like it so far. But then I modify my app, build (with >>ant), manager/remove, and manager/install. >> >>That doesn't work unless I manually (or as part of my >>ant dist activity) delete webapps/myapp directory. >> >>Now to my point. I would expect manager/remove to >>completely remove the app (including the webapps/myapp >>directory.) It doesn't remove the directory, so >>subsequent manager/install attempts do nothing. At >>least, I can't see my changes unless I: ant dist >>(including rm $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/myapp), >>manager/remove, and then manager/install. >> >>Am I misusing this or misunderstanding it? Shouldn't >>manager/remove actually remove the webapps/myapp dir? >>Or shouldn't manager/install remove or overwrite the >>webapps/myapp directory or its contents? >> >>Thanks for any pointers. (I've read what >>documentation I can find on Manager app, but it's >>fairly sparse.) I suppose I could change manager's >>behavior by modifying its source, but I'll reserve >>that for last. >> >>Michael >> >>PS: anyone know how to get XEmacs to highlight >>Java/JSP code? any pointers there would be welcome... >>not much useful answers to this question from what I >>can find on the net. >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� >>http://movies.yahoo.com/ >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
