> From: paul.greene.va [mailto:paul.greene...@verizon.net] > Subject: Re: Updating Apache Tomcat to a current version
> when you drop the WAR file into the webapps directory, does tomcat > automatically > expand the contents of the file? Depends on how you have configured Tomcat; look at the unpackWARs description: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/host.html#Standard_Implementation > And is the WAR file format a typical way for vendors to distribute their apps > to > their customers, or is it normally a customer created file? Usually in a .war file. This is actually a .jar file with a specific directory structure as defined by the servlet spec (which would be useful to at least skim over): http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr315/index.html - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
