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markt-asf committed Mar 3, 2015
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placed in the <code>appBase</code> directory as web application
archive (WAR) files to be unpacked into a corresponding disk directory
structure, <code>false</code> to run such web applications directly
from a WAR file. WAR files located outside of the Host's
<strong>appBase</strong> will not be expanded. See
from a WAR file. See
<a href="#Automatic_Application_Deployment">Automatic Application
Deployment</a> for more information.</p>
<p>Note: If Tomcat expands the WAR file then it will add a file
(<code>/META-INF/war-tracking</code>) to the unpacked directory
structure which it uses to detect changes in the WAR file while Tomcat
is not running. Any such change will trigger the deletion of the
expanded directory and the deployment of the updated WAR file when
Tomcat next starts.</p>
</attribute>

<attribute name="workDir" required="false">
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