My OS is Linux Redhat9.



I have downloaded and installed Tomcat 5.0.16 from a "binary"

distribution.



I created a build.properties file in my home directory as follows :



  manager.username=bkimelman

  manager.password=foobar

  manager.url=http://localhost:8080/manager





I can successfully use ant to compile my tomcat application.

I can successfully use ant to prepare a WAR file for distribution.



I tried some of the sample applications that came with the tomcat

installation and they all worked OK.



I successfully used the manager webapp (via the Mozilla browser)

to get a listing of all applications :



    http://localhost:8080/manager/list



When I tried to install my webapp using ant I received the following

error message :



/home/bkimelman/tomcat1/build.xml:365: FAIL - Encountered exception

java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file



lines 361 - 365 are as follows :



361 : <deploy url="${manager.url}"

362 :   username="${manager.username}"

363 :   password="${manager.password}"

364 :     path="${app.path}"

365 :      war="file://${build.home}"/>



However, when I used the manager webapp via the browser as follows :



  http://localhost:8080/manager/deploy?path=/tomcat1&

  war=file:/home/bkimelman/tomcat1/dist/tomcat1-1-dev.war



I was successfull in deploying my application

(and I was able to run my application).



Any ideas as to why I can't use ant to install my tomcat application ?