java - How to purge tomcat's cache when deploying a new .war file? Is there a config setting?

Question

I have a simple hello, world servlet application that I am just playing around with, and pushing it out to my tomcat server on a VPS.

When I make a change to my code, and deploy it, tomcat doesn't serve the newly published code (even after starting the service again).

I stop the service, then push the new war file to /webapps/, and I make sure to delete the old exploded folder also.

When I re-start the server, it still serves the older codebase.

Is there a setting in the config to stop this behaviour?

Also, what folders would I have to delete? Please be specific (folders and paths) as I have tried deleting some and havent' gotten anywhere.

Answer 1

You can delete the "work" directory.

Are you sure it's not a browser caching issue?