Configure Symlinks for single directory in Tomcat

Question

I have a directory to which a process uploads some .pdf files. This process is out of my control.

I need to make those files available through the websi

Answer 1

Yes I know it's an old question, but I found a new solution, using mount with the --bind option instead of a symlink, and tomcat doesn't need any reconfiguring:

cd /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/test1/

mkdir files

mount --bind /path/to/actual/upload/directory/files files