I need help!! i almost got tomcat5 up and running - it can display static html and some jsp - but all these stuff are in the /usr/local/webapps/ROOT directory i'm trying to test its servlet stuff i have a Test.java file and compiled it into a Test.class file my problem is where can i dump this class file, do i need to edit a web.xml file and where should i point my browser to see this? i need a doc page that explains how to use tomcat - something thats easy to understand Thanks

try the linux forums. there is probaly better luck there.

This isnt a linux problem.. Servlets need to go in the WEB-INF. Possibly the directory structure could look like this: /WEB-INF/classes all of your servlets should then go in the classes folder. You also need to add a servlet mapping to your web.xml ex) <servlet> <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>classes.MyServlet</servlet-class> </servlet>

thanks got my tomcat up and running