problem deploying war module

[aks_1]

i have created a folder in C:\>howdyapp
created folders within this main folder SRC, WEB, WEB-INF.
and then sub folders in WEB-INF -> CLASSES, LIB, ETC.
i have compiled HowdyServlet.java and copied it's classs to =>C:\>howdyapp\WEB_INF\Classes
i have created web.xml and copied it to WEB_INF folder.

created a war file on the command prompt as:
c:\jwork\howdyapp\>jar cvf howdyapp.war src web WEB_INF
created a howdyapp.war file in the directory-howdyapp.

when i am deploying the above war file in the sun's Application server it displays the following error:-

Trying to upload an illegal war archive. Make sure the archive file contains the descriptor file web.xml.

what could have gone wrong with the above procedure.
please help me.

[Tolls]

Does it have a web.xml?

[RamyaSivakanth]

just check...u have mentioned WEB_INF and WEB-INF....


it should be WEB-INF

[aks_1]

yes it does have web.xml file which looks like this:-
?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">

<web-app>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>fred<servlet-name>
<servlet-class>HowdyServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>fred</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/jabber/Howdy</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
i have corrrected the directory name as said by RamyaSivakanth.(It was a written mistake)
My apologies.
the problem still exist

[aks_1]

is there any one to look into my problem.
help!!