Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to use/modify environment entries. I have a Tomcat5.5 application and I don't understand why the env entries appear in two different xml files, and with different values.
For example, I have this env-entry in my myapp/WEB-INF/web.xml file: <env-entry> <env-entry-name>besjClefName</env-entry-name> <env-entry-value>/cgi/besjclef.exe</env-entry-value> <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type> </env-entry> But I also have this entry in my Tomcat5.5/conf/Catalina/localhost/myapp.xml file: <Environment description="" name="besjClefName" type="java.lang.String" value="/besjClef.jsp"/> So I've been reading here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html I think this is the relevant section: Only if a context file does not exist for the application in the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/; in an individual file at /META-INF/context.xml inside the application files. If the web application is packaged as a WAR then /META-INF/context.xml will be copied to $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/ and renamed to match the application's context path. Once this file exists, it will not be replaced if a new WAR with a newer /META-INF/context.xml is placed in the host's appBase. Is this saying that the first time a WAR is deployed, the /WEB-INF/web.xml file is copied to localhost/myapp.xml file, and never again? And that the web.xml file is *not* used anymore, so localhost/myapp.xml is all that is needed? If so, can I remove all the <env-entry> entries from my web.xml file and stick to using localhost/myapp.xml ? Thanks, Chris -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/environment-entries-web.xml-localhost-context.xml-confusion-tp27405876p27405876.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
