How to manage Tomcat 6 libraries into subfolders under %TOMCAT_HOME%/lib? - apache

I use Tomcat 6.0.20 and JDK 1.6.0.13.
How can I load libraries from sub-folders of %TOMCAT_HOME%/lib/ without taking the .jars out of sub-folders and putting them straight into %TOMCAT_HOME%/lib/?
The reason I want to do this, is because many apps are going to be sharing lots of libraries.
So, for the sakes of organization I want to store them into folders as such:
%TOMCAT_HOME%/lib/novell/*.jar
%TOMCAT_HOME%/lib/mail/*.jar
%TOMCAT_HOME%/lib/upload/*.jar
etc.
How would I go about this? And please provide an example.
Do I use setclasspath.bat, catalina.properties or something completely different?
Thanks in advance.

Define those paths in shared.loader property of /conf/catalina.properties file.
E.g.
shared.loader = ${catalina.home}/lib/novell/*.jar, ${catalina.home}/lib/mail/*.jar, ${catalina.home}/lib/upload/*.jar
[Edit] optionally you can also use the common.loader property for this. See what has your preference.

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