set up context path

Ok quick question I have a folder on c: this is where I am saving all the files that are created for my jsp class, but how do I set the context path. Since this folder is outside the tomcat directory. the book we, plus the instructor aren't very clear on this.

oh almost forgot the context path looks like this.

<Context path="/myapp"
docBase="c:\myjspapp"
debug="0"
reloadable="true" />

where would i put this.

For that folder on your C:\ drive, the context name also need to be the same i.e. 'myjspapp'

So, it should be something like this in your server.xml
<Context path="/myjspapp"
docBase="c:/myjspapp"
debug="0"
reloadable="true" />

I am using tomcat 5.5.7 so where abouts in the server.xml?

i figured it out i needed to put a file i will call it myapp.xml in the %catalina_home%\conf\cataina\localhost.

plus i need to add it to my workers2properties file in the apache server to work. thanks for the ideas.

I assumed you were using Tomcat 4.x as your Tomcat version wasn't mentioned earlier. Anyway, now that you have found the solution, in the older Tomcat 4.x & 3.x the context were added to the server.xml. You can do the same in Tomcat 5.5.7 but to tidy the things up with your webapps the new Tomcat places a file each for every context in the <catalina_home>\conf\Catalina\localhost folder.