or the quick and dirty way: http://my.tomcat.server/random_gibberish
The 404 will contain the server version. Of course, there are way too many reasons why this might not work, but hey... On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 11:15:47AM -0400, Shapira, Yoav wrote: > > Howdy, > > >Can anybody tell me of a way to find out what version of jakarta-tomcat > >is installed on a system? More precisely, I need to know the > patchlevel, > >I know that the installation is 4.1.xx > >If it helps, I think the installation date was Dec 19 2002 > > Programatically, via getServletContext().getServerInfo() in any servlet. > Manually, by looking at $CATALINA_HOME/logs/catalina.out. > > >Having obtained this information, where can I then find a tarball of > that > >version? Does jakarta.apache.org keep historical versions, and if not, > >can anyone point me to a place that does? The reason for these somewhat > >strange requests is that a developer who has now left my organisation > >failed to leave behind any documentation for his TomCat installation, > and > >I now need to compare his customised installations to a clean install > so > >that I can write some installation instructions. > > The jakarta site typically keeps the latest stable binaries, plus > milestone/development/nightly builds. So it's not guaranteed to keep > historical versions of all the products. Other sites, such as ones that > maintain linux RPMs, may offer such functionality. In any case, you can > ask on the list for a specific binary and likely someone has it and can > send you a copy. > > Of course, all the builds are tagged in CVS so if you're comfortable in > that space you can rebuild any version of tomcat. > > Yoav Shapira > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, > and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. > This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may > not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not > the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer > system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
