Thanks for your feedback, Craig and Glenn. Craig, I think you're confusing $CATALINA_BASE/temp/ with $CATALINA_BASE/work/. StandardContext implements the temporary working directory for each context (per the servlet spec) in postWorkDirectory(). It creates a separate temp space per context within the "work" subdirectory.
That said, how does "$CATALINA_BASE/temp/" fit into the picture? I can understand the benefit of overriding the java.io.tmpdir system property is to forcing a separate temp path for the Tomcat JVM process as a whole (note: not the per-context work/ directory), which would isolate the temporary files generated/accessed in the process from the rest of the temp files in the file system. Is there any other reason specific to Tomcat? (As an aside, if you are truly concerned about security and run Tomcat with a Java2 security policy, you probably wouldn't want to give any file permissions to webapps outside their respective docbase root and work directory anyway.) Thanks, -Eddie --- "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Eddie Ruvinsky wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:52:18 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Eddie Ruvinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Tomcat Users List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Tomcat 4.0.4: Unnecessary > $TOMCAT/temp/ directory? > > > > Thanks Glenn. The following Java API link has a > quick > > blurb about the java.io.tmpdir system property: > > > > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/io/File.html#createTempFile(java.lang.String, > > java.lang.String, java.io.File) > > > > The JDK sets the default value for this property > to be > > /tmp on Unix and c:\temp on Windows. So, it does > not > > seem necessary to override the default value of > > java.io.tmpdir when starting Tomcat. > > > > My follow-up question then is, why is this done? > Is > > it to be able to create a separate "namespace" for > > temp files generated by the Tomcat JVM process > versus > > the other temp files on the file system? > > > > The servlet spec requires that each web application > receive a servlet > context attribute named > "javax.servlet.context.tempdir" that is a > java.io.File object to a temporary storage > directory. It is therefore not > reasonable to use the value specified by the > "java.io.tmpdir" system > property, because that is global to the entire JVM. > > See section 3.7.1 of the Servlet 2.3 spec: > > http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html > > The $CATALINA_HOME/temp directory hierarchy is how > Tomcat implements this > spec requirement. And you should be glad -- > otherwise the servlet > generated for your "index.jsp" page (which is put in > the per-context > temporary directory under a name specified by the > JSP apge compiler) would > be stomped on by the servlet for some other webapp's > "index.jsp" page. > > > Thanks in advance, > > Eddie > > > > Craig > > > > --- Glenn Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do not remove this temp directory. This is the > > > temporary > > > directory configured in the Tomcat startup with > > > -Djava.io.tmpdir. This temp directory is used > by > > > the JVM > > > for internal things like jar files, etc. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Glenn > > > > > > Eddie Ruvinsky wrote: > > > > I don't believe this is the case. According > to > > > the > > > > source, if the "workDir" attribute of > StandardHost > > > is > > > > null (default case), the temp dir will be > > > generated > > > > inside $CATALINA_BASE/work/. Otherwise, it > will > > > be > > > > generated in the StandardHost's "workDir." > > > > > > > > I believe that it's unused and doesn't belong > in > > > the > > > > Tomcat distribution. Can someone confirm? > > > > > > > > -Eddie > > > > > > > > --- Mona Wong-Barnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi Eddie: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>When I unpacked the distribution of Tomcat > 4.0.4, > > > >> > > > >>I > > > >> > > > >>>noticed an empty temp/ directory in the > Tomcat > > > >> > > > >>root > > > >> > > > >>>directory. I don't believe it gets used > anywhere > > > >> > > > >>in > > > >> > > > >>>the code. Should it be cleaned up? > > > >> > > > >> No leave it. It will be used a temp > directory in > > > >>your servlet code > > > >>(javax.servlet.context.tempdir) > > > >> > > > >>Cheers, > > > >> > > > >>Mona > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > > > >>Mona Wong-Barnum > > > >>National Center for Microscopy and Imaging > > > Research > > > >>University of California, San Diego > > > >>http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ > > > >> > > > >>"The truth shall set you free, but first it > will > > > >>piss you off" > > > >> A Landmark instructor > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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