http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html
says, after I removed some unimportant stuff and added some yellow to highlight: Context elements may be explicitly defined: · In individual files (with a ".xml" extension) in the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/ directory. The name of the file (less the .xml extension) will be used as the context path. Multi-level context paths may be defined using #, e.g. foo#bar.xml for a context path of /foo/bar. The default web application may be defined by using a file called ROOT.xml. In addition to explicitly specified Context elements, there are several techniques by which Context elements can be created automatically for you. See Automatic Application Deployment and User Web Applications for more information. http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/host.html#Automatic%20Application%20Deployment says, after I removed some unimportant stuff and added some yellow to highlight: Automatic Application Deployment:n Deployment If you are using the standard Host implementation, the following actions take place automatically when Catalina is first started, if the deployOnStartup property is set to true (which is the default value): · Any XML file in the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/[engine_name]/[host_name] directory is assumed to contain a Context element (and its associated subelements) for a single web application. The docBase attribute of this <Context> element will typically be the absolute pathname to a web application directory, or the absolute pathname of a web application archive (WAR) file (which will not be expanded). The path attribute will be automatically set as defined in the Context documentation. (i.e., as in the above Context info) · Any subdirectory within the application base directory will receive an automatically generated Context element, even if this directory is not mentioned in the conf/server.xml file. The context path for this deployed Context will be a slash character ("/") followed by the directory name, unless the directory name is ROOT, in which case the context path will be an empty string (""). Multi-level contexts may be defined by using #, eg use a directory named foo#bar for a context path of /foo/bar. Bottom line is it seems the context path will come from either the name of the context xml file of the web app (if there is one), or from the directory holding the web app (if there is no context xml file and tomcat automatically created the context). Thus setting the path in the context xml file does not do anything. Is this correct? Thanks, RP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
