PROBLEM: Tomcat doesn't start if the context directory doesn't exist

[Renato <we...@cienciapura.com.br>]

Hi all,

I realize a that Tomcat 4.1.12 behaves differently than 4.0.64 in the way it deals with the context directory. If the 
directory doesn't exist Tomcat 4.1.12 doesn't start ( with 4.0.6 does ). This is the message:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base /home/client/context does not exist or is not a readable 
directory
        at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3398)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:347)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2189)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:510)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)

This is bad if you are hosting multiple sites, since the user can deletes accidently ( or intentionaly... ) his/her 
directory and next time you need to restart Tomcat it will fail.

Thanks
Renato - Brazil.

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