Parse error on web.xml when deployed on Unix

[M Conlin]

Locally on my windows xp machine my .war application works correctly.

When I deploy to unix I get the following error;

SEVERE: Parse error in default web.xml
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Premature end of file.

HOWEVER, if I "touch" the web.xml file tomcat is able to pick it up and parse it correctly and all is well.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

[Merrill Higginson]

This is probably due to the different carriage return and line feed (CR/LF) characters used on Windows and Unix.

Here's a link that explains it:

http://usertools.plus.net/tutorials/id/22

My recommendation is to get a windows text editor that will allow you to save files bound for a Unix system with the proper CR/LF characters.