404 not found, but . . .

[Andrew Shafer]

Ok, I have a nice little .jsp file.
I have it on my server, in an appropriate directory.
Now I try to call it from my browser and I get 404, file not found, yada yada.
Now if I comment out the code and try to load it, it comes up with the title and everything that isn't dynamic. If I uncomment the code, 404 file not found.
Now this is a real bitch to trouble shoot cause I don't have any info, and all the other files are working.
I'm running Tomcat 3.2.1 on Redhat Linux 7.1
Anyone else seen this problem before?

[Sean Casey]

When you say you comment out the code, do you change the .jsp extension too?
I'm running the same systems as you and this is where I store things.
.jsp files:
/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/examples/<jsp in this directory>
and then I access them with the following in my browser:
http://youripaddress:8080/examples/<jsp directory>/.jsp file
Let me know if you're still having difficulty.

- Sean

[This message has been edited by Sean Casey (edited September 10, 2001).]

[Andrew Shafer]

When I say comment out the code I mean this:

<% /* code. . . . */ %>

I don't change anything about the file name, it is still .jsp.
I've been working on tomcat for a bit of time, I have many wonderfully predictable working jsp and servlets.
I have Apache configured with tomcat, working great, so I don't need :8080.
Tomcat is generating the 404 error, and I'm not sure why. It weird also because, if I take the code out or comment it out, then it displays whatever is there, put the code in and I get 404. Another thing that is interesting is when I first change the file, there is a pause for a bit like it is trying to compile a .jsp for the first time, then 404.
I tried fiddling around with the code, taking this and that out to see if I could narrow down the problem. I think it has something to do with instantiating a java.io.BufferedReader, but it seems like there should be an error if there is a problem, this is strange behavior.
Anyone have an idea?
regards,
Andrew

[Andrew Shafer]

No one has ever seen this behavior?