Tomcat work directory has to be cleared periodically

Question

we got a problem with our Tomcat that non of my colleagues can really explain. We have a tomcat (version 7.0.26) on a linux computer. The deployment is done with a

Answer 1

As a workaround I would use Cronjob to clear that for me, and post a bug to apache

Answer 2

Look at development setting and other related settings on Jasper JSP Howto

Answer 3

FYI I had the same problem, posted my answer here Severe exception on servlet with java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

In your case just write a script that removes the work directory every time you hot swap new files. In the tomcat configuration reference it's written black on white tomcat8 configuration reference