$Id: README.txt,v 1.17 2001/08/25 03:51:27 craigmcc Exp $ The Tomcat 4.0 Servlet/JSP Container ==================================== This subproject contains a server that conforms to the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specifications from Java Software. It includes the following contents: BUILDING.txt Instructions for building from sources LICENSE Apache Software License for this release README.txt This document RELEASE-NOTES-*.txt Release Notes for this (and previous) releases of Tomcat 4.0 RUNNING.txt Instructions for installing Tomcat, as well as starting and stopping the server bin/ Binary executables and scripts classes/ Unpacked classes global to web applications common/ Classes available to both Catalina internal classes and web applications: classes/ Unpacked common classes lib/ Common classes in JAR files conf/ Configuration files jasper/ JAR files visible only in the Jasper classloader lib/ Classes in JAR files global to web applications logs/ Destination directory for log files server/ Internal Catalina classes and their dependencies classes/ Unpacked classes (internal only) lib/ Classes packed in JAR files (internal only) webapps/ Base directory containing web applications included with Tomcat 4.0 work/ Scratch directory used by Tomcat for holding temporary files and directories If you wish to build the Tomcat server from a source distribution, please consult the documentation in "BUILDING.txt". If you wish to install and run a binary distribution of the Tomcat server, please consult the documentation in "RUNNING.txt". Acquiring Tomcat 4.0 Releases ============================= Nightly Builds -------------- Nightly Builds of Tomcat 4.0 are built from the most recent CVS sources each evening (Pacific Time). The filename of the downloadable file includes the date it was created (in YYYYMMDD format). These builds are available at: Binary: http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/nightly/ Source: http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/nightly/src/ Release Builds -------------- Release Builds of Tomcat 4.0 are created and released periodically, and announced to the interested mailing lists. Each release build resides in its own directories. For example, the Tomcat 4.0-beta-7 release is available at: Binary: http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b7/ Source: http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b7/src/