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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Jack Kada <jo...@yahoo.com> on 2004/08/21 10:06:33 UTC
SymLinks Again
I am running Tomcat 5 on a Unix machine.��I have a
file (say abc.xml) which is in fact an alias / symlink
to an actual file system inside the��webapp.
When i try to download view the (abc.xml) the symlink
is not followed and the file is not found.
I found the following on the mailing list which seems
to deal with symlinks of Jar files - but not files:
allowLinking = true.
Could you please give me a pointer on this.
Many Thanks
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Re: SymLinks Again
Posted by QM <qm...@brandxdev.net>.
On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:06:33AM -0700, Jack Kada wrote:
: I am running Tomcat 5 on a Unix machine.??I have a
: file (say abc.xml) which is in fact an alias / symlink
: to an actual file system inside the??webapp.
:
: I found the following on the mailing list which seems
: to deal with symlinks of Jar files - but not files:
: allowLinking = true.
Correct.
: Could you please give me a pointer on this.
Yes: create a portable webapp that doesn't rely on OS- and
deployment-specific features such as symlinks. For example, what if you
were to start deploying as a WAR file? Symlinks certainly wouldn't work
from inside there.
Put all needed files inside your context. Webapps are supposed to be
self-contained applications.
-QM
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