Mike: These are not JSP files, its just a regular file (its actually an XML file), that is being downloaded from a webapp directory via tomcat using a java URL connection from a servlet.
Non-jsp files are not stored in work directory. >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 4:46 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached file rather >than updated file > > >Hmm, I don't think that tomcat does cache files. Or at least I haven't >seen that behavior in version 3.x which is what I use. Are >you sure that >you deleted everything (and all subdirectories) in the work directory? >I've seen what you're describing, but it seemed to go away after I did >that. You might also try "touch"'ing all the jsp files so that it >forces a recompile, but if you clear the work directory it shouldn't >need that. > >--mikej >-=----- >mike jackson >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wise, Bowden (Research) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:44 AM >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached file rather >> than updated file >> >> >> Cleaning out the work directory did not help. >> I think only compiled classes go there, not sure >> what tomcat does with cached files... >> >> Bowden >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Mike Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:33 PM >> >To: Tomcat Users List >> >Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached >file rather >> >than updated file >> > >> > >> >Try restarting tomcat after clearing out the "work" directory. >> > >> >--mikej >> >-=----- >> >mike jackson >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Wise, Bowden (Research) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:16 AM >> >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> >> Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached >file rather >> >> than updated file >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks for the response, Mike: >> >> >> >> Note this test was done within a java program -- outside >> >> the browser -- so there is no browser at all, has to be >> >> coming from Tomcat in response to the underlying HTTP GET >> >> sent by the call to get the content by the java URL >> >> object >> >> >> >> Bowden >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >> >From: Mike Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >> >Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:11 PM >> >> >To: Tomcat Users List >> >> >Subject: RE: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached >> >file rather >> >> >than updated file >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Check your browser settings, make sure it's set to check >> >the cache on >> >> >every page access. It's probably the browser that's the problem. >> >> > >> >> >--mikej >> >> >-=----- >> >> >mike jackson >> >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> From: Wise, Bowden (Research) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >> >> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:54 AM >> >> >> To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> >> >> Subject: Let me try this again: tomcat returns cached file >> >> >rather than >> >> >> updated file >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi >> >> >> >> >> >> Sorry for the multiple postings about this, but I am >> >> >> baffled, and am surprised at the behavior... >> >> >> >> >> >> When using a java.net.URL to download a file on a >> >> >> tomcat webapp, i am finding that I get the OLD content >> >> >> rather than the new content >> >> >> >> >> >> I wrote a simple java test program: >> >> >> - write "first" to the file (FileWriter) >> >> >> - read the file (URL), verify "first" is read >> >> >> - write "second" to the file (FileWriter) >> >> >> - read the file (URL), should be "second" but gets "first" >> >> >> >> >> >> If I insert a pause (sleep call) before the second >> >> >> write, the second read does correctly obtain "second" >> >> >> >> >> >> I also tested on an Apache accesible directory and >> >> >> the problem does not appear, the second read correctly >> >> >> returns "second" immediately >> >> >> >> >> >> Does the tomcat cache mechanism not work when there is >> >> >> not sufficient elapsed times between file updates? >> >> >> >> >> >> I can't believe noone has noticed this >> >> >> >> >> >> Or is there something wrong with my configuration? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Bowden >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >> >> >From: Wise, Bowden (Research) >> >> >> >Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 7:40 AM >> >> >> >To: 'Tomcat Users List' >> >> >> >Subject: Why does TOMCAT return cache page when file has been >> >> >> >modified?? >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Hi >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Please review my original message below and let me know >> >> >> >if you have seen this or know why it is happening >> >> >> > >> >> >> >thanks >> >> >> >Bowden >> >> >> > >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >> >> >>From: Wise, Bowden (Research) >> >> >> >>Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:13 PM >> >> >> >>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> >> >> >>Subject: Tomcat Retrieves old cached file after file update >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Hi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>I am finding that Tomca4.0.3 is returning old cached content >> >> >> >>even after the underlying file has been modified. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>I have a servlet and JSP that work together, the >> >servlet modifies >> >> >> >>a file in a web accessible directory (via >FileWriter) and then >> >> >> >>redirects to the JSP which uses a URL to read the content >> >> >> >>of the file and display it. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Once redirected, even though the file changed, the data >> >displayed >> >> >> >>is the old content. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>I wrote a simple program to test this further: >> >> >> >> write to the file >> >> >> >> read content >> >> >> >> write new content >> >> >> >> second read of content >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>the second read always returns the first content when tested >> >> >> >>under Tomcat but when testing on an Apache web server >> >> >> >>this problem does not happen as the new content is always >> >> >> >>returned. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>if I pause for 5 seconds between the first read and the >> >> >> >>write of the new content, the latst data is obtained by >> >> >> >>the second read... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>however, a pause of 1 second still reveals the old content >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Does the tomcat cache mechanism need a few seconds >> >> >> >>before it realizes that a file has changed?? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Bowden >> >> >> >>g GE Global Research Center >> >> >> >>___________________________ >> >> >> >>G. 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