Thanks Glenn. The following Java API link has a quick blurb about the java.io.tmpdir system property:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/io/File.html#createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File) The JDK sets the default value for this property to be /tmp on Unix and c:\temp on Windows. So, it does not seem necessary to override the default value of java.io.tmpdir when starting Tomcat. My follow-up question then is, why is this done? Is it to be able to create a separate "namespace" for temp files generated by the Tomcat JVM process versus the other temp files on the file system? Thanks in advance, Eddie --- Glenn Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do not remove this temp directory. This is the > temporary > directory configured in the Tomcat startup with > -Djava.io.tmpdir. This temp directory is used by > the JVM > for internal things like jar files, etc. > > Regards, > > Glenn > > Eddie Ruvinsky wrote: > > I don't believe this is the case. According to > the > > source, if the "workDir" attribute of StandardHost > is > > null (default case), the temp dir will be > generated > > inside $CATALINA_BASE/work/. Otherwise, it will > be > > generated in the StandardHost's "workDir." > > > > I believe that it's unused and doesn't belong in > the > > Tomcat distribution. Can someone confirm? > > > > -Eddie > > > > --- Mona Wong-Barnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >>Hi Eddie: > >> > >> > >>>When I unpacked the distribution of Tomcat 4.0.4, > >> > >>I > >> > >>>noticed an empty temp/ directory in the Tomcat > >> > >>root > >> > >>>directory. I don't believe it gets used anywhere > >> > >>in > >> > >>>the code. Should it be cleaned up? > >> > >> No leave it. It will be used a temp directory in > >>your servlet code > >>(javax.servlet.context.tempdir) > >> > >>Cheers, > >> > >>Mona > >> > >> > > > > > ================================================================== > > > >>Mona Wong-Barnum > >>National Center for Microscopy and Imaging > Research > >>University of California, San Diego > >>http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ > >> > >>"The truth shall set you free, but first it will > >>piss you off" > >> A Landmark instructor __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
