So is it possible to add a context that's not within the tomcat root directory. By tomcat root directory I mean C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\ as an example on my machine. If I want to put my jsps in c:\some_dir, is that possible?
thanks for the help -jonthan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan-Michael Ong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 5:13 PM Subject: Re: adding context > Hi there, > > path is for url so your example below will fail > <Context path="C:/" docbase="Projects/calendar/htdocs" debug="0"/> > > http://localhost:8080/<context_path>/path/to/servlet > > Does the examples work for you? http://localhost:8080/examples? > > How about removing this context and sticking with the basic build and > enabling debugging (i.e. change debug from 0 to 1 on the <Context>) > > Finally check for stray characters in your MANIFEST-MF file. At least with > ATG/Dynamo its very picky about its manifest file with ^M control chars. > > Good luck > > JM > > > At 05:02 PM 11/1/2002 -0800, Jonathan Zhang wrote: > >I tried that, and a couple of other variations like > ><Context path="C:/" docbase="Projects/calendar/htdocs" debug="0"/> > > but it still gave me the same nullPointer exception.why? > >thanks for the help > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "M. Hockings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:13 PM > >Subject: Re: adding context > > > > > > > Try using forward slashes for the directory delimiter? > > > > > > <Context path="" docbase="c:/Projects/calendar/htdocs" debug="0"/> > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > Jonathan Zhang wrote: > > > > > > >hi Guys, > > > >I'm running tomcat 4.x on windows xp and I'm trying to add a context to > > > > <Context path="" docbase="c:\Projects\calendar\htdocs" debug="0"/> > > > > > > > >I get the following exception: > > > > > > > >Starting service Tomcat-Standalone > > > >Apache Tomcat/4.1.12 > > > >java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:180) > > > > at > >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.getBasePath(StandardContext. > > > >java:3833) > > > > at > >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3 > > > >397) > > > > 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:4 > > > >97) > > > > at > >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:218 > > > >9) > > > > 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(DelegatingMethodAcces > > > >sorImpl.java:25) > > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > > > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) > > > > > > > >thanks for the help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Note new email address -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- > > > > > > Mike's Page : http://www.hockings.net/~mike > > > Rifle Shooting in Ontario : http://www.hockings.net/rso/ > > > Scarborough Rifle Club : http://www.hockings.net/rso/src/ > > > Canadian Shooting Sports : http://www.CdnShootingSports.org > > > Ontario Rifle Association : http://www.OntarioRifleAssociation.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > ><mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > ><mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
