If you use a file URL then it assumes that you are pointing to the file or directory on the machine (server). That means you have to put the application on the server first, FTP, or some other means. If you're working locally it's much easier.
If you use some other url for the war parameter as in 'http://someserver/something.war' it will try to retrieve the file from that spot and install it. You would later reference your servlets, jsp from the path as in http://localhost:8181/text/index.jsp Hope this answers your question. Dave Durham -----Original Message----- From: Jose Escobar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question about WAR and application deployment Can anyone please tell me what is a local web application archive? Another thing after I create this: http://localhost:8181/manager/install?path=/test&war=file:///C:/Program Files/Apache Tomcat 4.0/webapps/test/ Where do I store the class files and how do I invoke them? Thanx in advance, Jose