From 7983a46d35fa2c5b40adc5965052bc1f293e43c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: markt <markt@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:29:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use a more sensible default. Patch suggested by Ian Darwin.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk@782791 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 java/org/apache/catalina/core/StandardHost.java | 2 +-
 webapps/docs/config/host.xml                    | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/core/StandardHost.java b/java/org/apache/catalina/core/StandardHost.java
index 9bb6ef0dc..72c5e1f35 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/core/StandardHost.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/core/StandardHost.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class StandardHost
     /**
      * The application root for this Host.
      */
-    private String appBase = ".";
+    private String appBase = "webapps";
 
     /**
      * The XML root for this Host.
diff --git a/webapps/docs/config/host.xml b/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
index 851ca3f15..ca89afe57 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
         to the <code>$CATALINA_BASE</code> directory.  See
         <a href="#Automatic Application Deployment">Automatic Application
         Deployment</a> for more information on automatic recognition and
-        deployment of web applications to be deployed automatically.</p>
+        deployment of web applications to be deployed automatically. If not
+        specified, the default of <code>webapps</code> will be used.</p>
       </attribute>
       
       <attribute name="xmlBase" required="false">
-- 
2.11.0