Why is my publishing failing in Tomcat v7.0 Server because of locks by another process?

Question

I have a Tomcat v7.0 server setup in my eclipse (helios) environment which I use for testing web applications. Currently I have in my workspace a struts web-app which is loaded

Answer 1

I have solved the problem according to the blow steps:

1. Right click on your project
2. Select Properties -> Deployment Assembly
3. Click the button Add, select Java Build Path Entries, and click the button Next
4. Select Maven Dependencies, finally click Finish.

Answer 2

The reason behind this issue is currently tomcat server directory is open and locked by another process. So use below steps to resolve this issue-

1. Close the tomcat server deployment directory
2. Right click on server--> Clean tomcat work directory
3. Right click on server--> clean and restart the server.

Answer 3

I had the same issue. I solved it by doing a clean on the server several times. Every time I was doing the clean, different libraries were locked, until finally all were unlocked. I hope it helps!