try this
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome file>/folder/your index</welcome file>
</welcome-file-list>
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>From: Edson Alves Pereira <eapereira@(protected)>
>Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@(protected)>
>To: 'Tomcat Users List' <tomcat-user@(protected)>
>Subject: RE: why i can't show my index.jsp
>Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:06:54 -0300
>
> Maybe you need to define <welcome-file-list/> in your
>WEB-INF/web.xml and try to create a new webapp, instead of edit default
>index.jsp from tomcat. I�m think tomcat�s default root application ( webapp
>) is configured to not reload JSP pages.
>
> > ----------
> > De: aaaaa aaaaa[SMTP:absword@(protected)]
> > Responder: Tomcat Users List
> > Enviada: segunda-feira, 5 de janeiro de 2004 6:09
> > Para: tomcat-user@(protected)
> > Assunto: why i can't show my index.jsp
> >
> > after installed apache and tomcat5 on windows xp.
> >
> > 1. run ie type http://127.0.0.1 apache index.html is ok
> > 2. run ie type http://127.0.0.1:8080 tomcat's page also ok
> > 3. config httpd.conf add dso suppert and jsp servelet
> > 4. config servers.xml add tomcat path infomation
> > 5. restart service
> >
> > edit test.jsp saved at tomcat/**/ROOT
> > 6. now, run ie type http://127.0.0.1/test.jsp, ok
> > 7. now rename test.jsp to index.jsp, but the page is not the content of
> > test.jsp
> > but the content of tomcat.
> > e.g:( Administration Status Tomcat Administration
> > Tomcat Manager Documentation Release Notes Tomcat
> > Documentation
> > If you're seeing this page via a web browser, it means you've
>setup
> >
> > Tomcat
> > successfully. Congratulations!
> > )
> > Now, the question is :
> > 1. why it can't show my test.jsp?
> > 2. i have already removed tomcat's index.jsp, and i searched all the
> > programs director and i can't found and index.jsp file 's content is
> > matched the index.jsp i have see when
> > type http://127.0.0.1/index.jsp, i wonder to know where is it located of
> > the index.jsp
> > i have see at http://127.0.0.1/index.jsp
> >
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