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Unlike tomcat 4.x, tomcat 5.x creates context configuration files for you in its conf/\[Engine name\]/\[Host name\] directory. This is part of the change in tomcat's configuration mechanism from version 4.x to make overall configuration more robust, flexible, and enterprise-friendly. Note, however, that this has changed the recommended deployment practices for web applications. These context configuration files are created by tomcat, but not removed by tomcat, because the user may have changed them or other files in the conf directory. The suggested practice for tomcat 5 is to place context configuration files in the META-INF/context.xml directory of your webapp, and use Tomcat's Manager webapp to deploy/undeploy your applications. More details can be found here: [MARC Archive|http://marc.theaimsgroup.cominfo/?l=tomcat-user&m=107590945807699&w=2]