Yes, you are correct that I could create the directory at runtime, which is needed for downloaded files, but the problem is our system is property driven, and if someone creates a directory with the wrong property, then we get tmp folders all over the place and create quite a mess. So by creating the directory ahead of time it ensures an error if incorrect setup.
Which just made me think, that I can include a servlet with a start-up of '1' that creates the needed directory. That way I just add another servlet to the mix and I think that will resolve the issue. Thanks for joggling my mind this morning. Hope you have a nice day, Sincerely Scott -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:36 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: RE: .war file question > From: Scott Purcell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > As far as the index.html file, I am pulling one from cvs and > was using that one explicitely, instead of having <war> > create one. This is my first ant script and I am just getting > underway. Any info is always appreciated. Hmmm... I messed about with it for a while but it seems that Ant is smart enough not to create the directory entry in the .war file if there's nothing to go in it. For all I know, it could be part of the zip file specification-- a simple <zip> of a directory containing one file and an empty subdirectory produced a zip file containing *just* the file. I'm betting there's a reason for that. Which brings me to ask why you would want to do such a thing? An empty directory doesn't seem very useful. ;) If you have some need to place files in a directory at run-time, you can just create the directory at that point. (What do you mean by having <war> create index.html? AFAIK it doesn't do that.) -- Wendy Smoak --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
