On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Sam Stephens <samspad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a forum application. When we update it we want to distribute a > new war file (previously we updated all files individually). If we > give out a new war file to our customers the images directory, the > attachments directory and other directories that contain user uploaded > data will be wiped out. > > Is there a solution to this dilemma? Sym links are are no - you'd have > to remake them each time so still a lot of work. Well, AFAIK it's either symlinks (which can be scripted in deployment processes pretty easily) or put all that stuff in a separate context that you never, ever, EVER undeploy :-) I've used both approaches, can't really say I have a preference. The latter might be a little less work, and definitely reduces the exposure to symlink oopsies... FWIW, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com twitter: @hassan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
