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Creating Java WebArchives for Apache Tomcat

Packaging Java webapps into WebArchives.

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For easier handling, Java web applications can be packaged into .war files (“Web Archives”). This requires the Java Development Kit (JDK), which is installed in %JAVA_HOME% on every Tomcat server.

The command “jar.exe cf webAppName.war” “packages” a web application.

Example:

cd C:\webapps\test
%JAVA_HOME%\bin\jar.exe cf ..\test.war *

This packages the webapp in the directory “C:\webapps\test” into the archive test.war and puts it in the “webapps” folder.