java - difference between clean and clean working directory in Eclipse WTP with Tomcat

Question

I am using Eclipse for Java web development. I have WTP and Tomcat installed. I run Tomcat via Eclipse (which is a pretty standard configuration).

What I want to understand is that:

When you right click on a server in the Servers tab, it gives you two options:

1. Clean
2. Clean Working Directory

Not much information could be found on Google. People are blindly choosing "Clean". Could someone please explain the difference between the two options?

Thank you in advance.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17006461/difference-between-clean-and-clean-working-directory-in-eclipse-wtp-with-tomcat

Answer 1

Clean: Purges all webapps and redeploys them (don't do this while the Tomcat instance is running)

Clean working dir: Cleans out Tomcat's work dir, e.g., where compiled JSPs go. See here.