Tomcat’s Directory Structure

In the .../jakarta-tomcat -- 3.3a directory you will find:

bin

Startup, shutdown scripts, tomcat.sh, and others

conf

Configuration files

doc

Various documents, including uguide — the file to print out and keep by you — and FAQ

lib

Jar files

logs

Log files

webapps

Sample web applications

work

Tomcat’s own private stuff

We will look through the contents of these subdirectories that need comment.

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