Thanks Guys, that has sorted that out.

Thanks very much and sorry for the confusion.

On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 11:24:25AM -0600, Jacob Kjome wrote:
> 
> You are missing the point of using the ant install task.  It installs your 
> app from wherever it is on the file system.  If you copy stuff into the 
> webapps directory, you have done a more permanent install.  You can't do 
> both of these at once.
> 
> So, either copy the contents of your webapp to the "webapps" directory *or* 
> do "ant install" from wherever you are on the file system and provide the 
> location of the docBase to the ant install task.
> 
> Jake
> 
> At 04:28 PM 3/22/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Following the docs for the deployment process I created a simple HelloWorld
> >servlet.
> >
> >I cannot be certain, but I believe, proir to running ant install, I manually
> >copied the servlet directory to TOMCAT/webapps/HelloWorld.  After running ant
> >install the servlet ran perfectly.
> >
> >However, modifting the development copy of the srevlet and rerunning ant
> >install produced no effect.
> >
> >I deleted the TOMCAT/webapps/HelloWorld directory and ran "ant remove 
> >clean all
> >install".  All reported fine, but NO evidence of anything on TOMCAT/webapps/
> >
> >I double check the server has write access and it does.  I eventually 
> >manually
> >copied the contents of HelloWorld/build to TOMCAT/webapps/ and renamed it
> >HelloWorld.  Nothing.  I reran ant install and it said, OK.  Servlet Not
> >Avaliable or 404 errors was all I could get.
> >
> >I can not get the ant install to work at all.  It registers it with the
> >manager, but that is it.
> >
> >To get subsequent versions even after minor edits to work, I need to...
> >
> >ant compile
> >cp build/* -r /opt/tomcat/webapps/HelloWorld
> >ant install
> >/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
> >[ .. wait 20 seconds .. ]
> >ps ax
> >possibly:       /opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh  again
> >
> >/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
> >[ takes over a minute to restart ]
> >
> >Finally the app works.
> >
> >Unless I am doing something wrong, this conflicts with the documentation 
> >on the
> >deployment process that states all you need to do to get the app running
> >temporarily on the server during development is to run ant install.
> >
> >Any help and advice would be very greatfully recieved.  Thanks.
> >
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> >
> >Paul Campbell
> >
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