Author: markt
Date: Tue Mar 3 20:28:57 2015
New Revision: 1663781
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1663781
Log:
Document new behaviour
Modified:
tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml?rev=1663781&r1=1663780&r2=1663781&view=diff
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--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml Tue Mar 3 20:28:57 2015
@@ -275,10 +275,15 @@
placed in the <code>appBase</code> directory as web application
archive (WAR) files to be unpacked into a corresponding disk directory
structure, <code>false</code> to run such web applications directly
- from a WAR file. WAR files located outside of the Host's
- <strong>appBase</strong> will not be expanded. See
+ from a WAR file. See
<a href="#Automatic_Application_Deployment">Automatic Application
Deployment</a> for more information.</p>
+ <p>Note: If Tomcat expands the WAR file then it will add a file
+ (<code>/META-INF/war-tracking</code>) to the unpacked directory
+ structure which it uses to detect changes in the WAR file while Tomcat
+ is not running. Any such change will trigger the deletion of the
+ expanded directory and the deployment of the updated WAR file when
+ Tomcat next starts.</p>
</attribute>
<attribute name="workDir" required="false">
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