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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by D Bamud <no...@cad.delhi.nic.in> on 2002/08/24 10:41:22 UTC
Static pages dir inside webapps
I *need* to put a directory (say "static") inside webapps that contains
static html pages. When I try to invoke
http://localhost:8080/static/test.html I get 404 error. HOWEVER the moment
I make *the* dir WEB-INF in static dir it starts working. It was working
fine in TC3.x without WEB-INF dir but gives the problem in TC4.0.4. Does
that mean that all the apps must adhere to have WEB-INF dir? Why?
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Re: Static pages dir inside webapps
Posted by Jacob Kjome <ho...@visi.com>.
Read the Tomcat docs and the servlet spec...or, just ignore them and take
if for granted that Tomcat only generates a context entry when there is a
WEB-INF dir inside your webapp. Any way you look at it, you *have* to have
a WEB-INF directory in your webapp in order for it to be seen as a
context. Tomcat-3.3 may not have enforced the rule, but I can almost
guarantee that it is not portable to other servers implementing the
servlet-2.2+ spec and, as you have already experienced, it isn't even
portable to the next generation of Tomcat itself.
Jake
At 02:11 PM 8/24/2002 +0530, you wrote:
>I *need* to put a directory (say "static") inside webapps that contains
>static html pages. When I try to invoke
>http://localhost:8080/static/test.html I get 404 error. HOWEVER the moment
>I make *the* dir WEB-INF in static dir it starts working. It was working
>fine in TC3.x without WEB-INF dir but gives the problem in TC4.0.4. Does
>that mean that all the apps must adhere to have WEB-INF dir? Why?
>
>
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Re: Static pages dir inside webapps
Posted by Jeff Forbeck <je...@yahoo.com>.
D -
I am a newbie, but may be able to help. The
$CATALINA_HOME\webapps\[your app] is the directory I
store static pages. This is the area for public files
where WEB-INF stores protected documents. Adding a
special subdir called [your app]\static\ worked for
me. Of course, I forgot to restart Tomcat the first
time (dah), but I eventually gathered my senses.
As far as what previous allowed, I can't help you. I
started with 2.3 and there is a strict directory
specification.
Anyhow, I didn't see another repsonse - hope this
helps.
Jeff
--- D Bamud <no...@cad.delhi.nic.in> wrote:
> I *need* to put a directory (say "static") inside
> webapps that contains
> static html pages. When I try to invoke
> http://localhost:8080/static/test.html I get 404
> error. HOWEVER the moment
> I make *the* dir WEB-INF in static dir it starts
> working. It was working
> fine in TC3.x without WEB-INF dir but gives the
> problem in TC4.0.4. Does
> that mean that all the apps must adhere to have
> WEB-INF dir? Why?
>
>
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