title: Adding an external directory to Tomcat classpath
body: <p>I have a folder in my C: drive as <code>C:\app_config\java_app</code>
  This folder contains some locale specific property files.</p>
  
  <p>I have a java class (<code>PrjPropertilesLocator</code>) that loads the property files based on default locale on the startup of the web App.My web application is running inside tomcat.
  The problem is how should i set this directory <code>C:\app_config\java_app</code> in the tomcat classpath so that this becomes available to the ResourceBundle inside the <code>PrjPropertilesLocator</code> class.
  Is there a way i can set this folder specifically for a Single web app that needs it.I do not want to put the property files inside <code>WEB-INF/classes</code> folder.</p>
  
  <p>On weblogic this runs fine.I set the directory inside the weblogic classpath in one of its startup scripts and it works fine.
  But on Tomcat i tried putting it in <code>startup.bat</code> also in <code>setclasspath.bat</code>, but was not able to do so successfully.</p>