java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Users\jack\Desktop\ does not exist or is not a

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Users\jack\Desktop\ does not exist or is not a readable directory

    at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:142)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4249)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4418)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:785)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:445)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519)

    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)

    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581)

    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)

    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)

该错误在tomcat启动时出现。

原因：

conf/server中配置了该路径，而实际上该路径并不存在。