tomcat cant find the resources

[santomh Mclain]

i have created OnlineExam.xml(app directory) file and put it inside $catlina_home$/conf/engine name/hostname/ directory in this format

<Context path="/OnlineExam" docBase="E:\java\OnlineExam">
</Context>

and tried to request few web pages stored in app directory, but tomcat giving the error with error code 404 saying can not find the requested resource.

i suspected on setting inside server.xml and found that the appBase attribute of Host element having the value "webapps"(default app directory). so i changed this value to point E:\java\OnlineExam, after this although tomcat didn't show any error but not any response either(a blank web page).

while, i read tutorial and got that when resources are requested then engine goes inside $catlina_home$/conf/engine name/hostname/ directory and searches the .xml file to get the context root. then why it is not supposed to do so in my case?

any other setting i need to do?

tomcat version 5.5.17

regards
san
[ June 28, 2008: Message edited by: santomh Mclain ]

[Ben Souther]

Originally posted by santomh Mclain:
file and put it inside $catlina_home$/conf/engine name/hostname/ directory in this format

What is the real name of the directory/path where you put the context fragment file?

[santomh Mclain]

its OnlineExam, the development directory
[ June 28, 2008: Message edited by: santomh Mclain ]

[Ben Souther]

No, I mean, where exactly on your machine did you put the xml file?

[santomh Mclain]

inside $catlina_home$/conf/catlina/localhost/