How to set the correct windows path for tomcat webapps configuration

Question

I am planning to change the webapps folder in tomcat server to use another folder.

I got to know that to do this we need to change appBase attribute in server.xml file, but how to give the full path in windows environment?

It is not detecting if I give something like below

<Host name="localhost"  appBase="C:\Users\webapps"
            unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">

Could you please suggest how to do it. I am new to using tomcat

Try using `/` instead of ``\``, since the ``\`` is sometimes used as an escape character. — Andreas, Nov 08 '18 at 23:02
Yes, that's what I meant. StackOverflow messed up my comment, because it also treats ``\`` as an escape character. — Andreas, Nov 08 '18 at 23:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 08 '18 at 23:03

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It's probably escaping your backslashes. Try this:

appBase="C:\\Users\\webapps"

answered Nov 08 '18 at 23:03

Justin

Tried that also – Kalyan Kumar Nov 08 '18 at 23:04
can you try appBase="file:C:/Users/webapps" Also check your permissions on that folder to make sure tomcat can acces it. – Justin Nov 08 '18 at 23:14
Hi, I tired using that, but no use – Kalyan Kumar Nov 08 '18 at 23:33
did you try the solutions from this post? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/495457/apache-tomcat-under-windows-changing-webapps-default-directory – Justin Nov 09 '18 at 00:15
Yes I tried all of them, but my doubt is why different ways are working for different people even from the link that you shared? – Kalyan Kumar Nov 09 '18 at 00:44
I finally solved it by creating a shortcut from my customs folder to that webapps folder – Kalyan Kumar Nov 09 '18 at 00:44

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