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Executable jar crashes if empty .extract folder exist #251

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kjarnet opened this issue Aug 12, 2016 · 1 comment
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Executable jar crashes if empty .extract folder exist #251

kjarnet opened this issue Aug 12, 2016 · 1 comment

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kjarnet commented Aug 12, 2016

If an empty/faulty .extract folder exist where you execute the jar (e.g. from a previous failed attempt), you get a FileNotFoundException looking for .extract/webapps/WebGoat.war. This caused me a lot of headache finding out, and would be nice if it could be documented or fixed.
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nbaars commented Sep 2, 2016

@kjarnet Added this to the FAQ, see https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/wiki/FAQ#exec-war
Thanks for the input!

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