Where is the “work” directory located for a Tomcat instance running in Eclipse?

Question

In Eclipse you can configure numerous servers to run inside the IDE, including Tomcat. Depending on your Tomcat configuration, at some point in the life cycle of a webapp your J

Answer 1

If you're using the Tomcat Maven Plugin in Eclipse, then your Tomcat related files would be in /target/tomcat instead, including the tomcat work folder at /target/tomcat/work, and you can descend from there to find your jsp .java files, etc.

(I know this may not apply to everyone, but since Tomcat Maven Plugin is a popular way to develop with tomcat and using maven to manage dependencies and help with the build process, I hope this info may be helpful for some people).