Hi John, Thanks for the help, Tomcat is now picking up the files in the subdirectories of the WAR files successfully.
I have found JAR cvf works, ANT works (very well as you said, and is a very nice product!) and WinZIP doesn't work properly, possibly due to the META-INF file or other information in the zip not being in the correct format. Best Regards, Neale Rudd metawerx http://www.metawerx.net -----Original Message----- From: John Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, 12 April 2002 22:01 Subject: RE: Problem accessing subdirectories within packed WAR files >I'm afraid I don't know what you need to do to the jar, but I have had >success making wars using the War task in ant. It is well worth >investigating ant just for its jar and war tasks alone, though all the rest >is good too! > >Best Wishes >John Burgess >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel: 01865 718666 >Fax: 01865 718600 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Neale Rudd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:08 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: Problem accessing subdirectories within packed WAR files > > >Hi Again, > >Since writing this message we have discovered that some >WAR files do in fact work (files from subfolders in the WAR >can be accessed). Is there an error in the way we are >compiling our own WAR file? > >We are assuming it needs to be JAR'd the same as a >JAR file then renamed as .WAR. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated, we are trying >to deploy a tomcat app for one of our customers and >having a lot of problems with this one issue. > >Thanks again, >Best Regards, >Neale Rudd >metawerx >http://www.metawerx.net > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Neale Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Friday, 12 April 2002 14:32 >Subject: Problem accessing subdirectories within packed WAR files > > >>Hi, >> >>When using the unpackWars=false tag in the Host configuration, >>I am able to deploy new webapps from WAR files using the manager >>app or by placing them into the webapps root and restarting tomcat. >> >>However, using this method, none of the subdirectories within the >>WAR files seem to work. >> >>From my understanding of the documentation, WAR files are >>meant to be an archive of a site, it's servlets and classes, but I >>can only seem to get files in the root of the WAR file to work unless >>the WAR is unpacked first. >> >>For example, with the WAR file layout below, the index.htm file >>can be accessed, but the file /images/test.gif and /other/other.htm >>cannot be accessed and show the error: >> >>404 (The requested resource (/other/other.htm) is not available) >> >>test.war layout: >> index.htm >> test.htm >> WEB-INF >> web.xml >> images >> test.gif >> other >> other.htm >> >>I am deploying the app as follows: >> >>Path: / >>War-URL: jar:file:/d:/tomcat/myserver/test.war!/ >> >>The manager gives the response that the new path >>was successfully mapped, and I can then access >>my index.htm file using: >> >>http://servername/index.htm >> >>However, http://servername/images/test.gif fails, as does >>/other/other.htm >> >>This also happens when using any other path. Only files in the root >>of >>the application seem to be accessable. >> >>When I unpack the WAR file, everything works properly. >> >>What am I doing wrong? Am I missing something in my understanding >>of how WAR files are meant to work? >> >>Going over the archives, it seems other people have had this same >>problem accessing servlets within WAR files, but I cannot find a >>satisfactory answer. People have either said "use a JAR file and >keep >>it unpacked" or "I can access the index.htm file, so therefore the >WAR >>files are working perfectly". >> >>Please help. >> >>Best Regards, >>Neale Rudd >>metawerx >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.metawerx.net >> >> >> >>-- >>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]> > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.346 / Virus Database: 194 - Release Date: 10/04/02 > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.346 / Virus Database: 194 - Release Date: 10/04/02 > > >-- >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]>
