Dear All, Thank you Stephen, for you're input.
I noticed that when I create a file without specifying a path, it goes in the tomcat home folder. My problem now lies in the fact that in the course that I'm developping there will be as much as 1000 webservices deployed on a central server. Future students will test their webservice in a local tomcat/axis environment first and later deploy it on this central server. Each student will deploy a set of about 5 webservices, the set is the same for all students. So what I need (I think) is a webservice specific location for storing the file. It would be nice if it was possible to deploy this file with the webservice so I do not have to send te file as a SOAP attachement when the user switches from local to central server environment. greetings, Wouter Westenbrink
