RE: Problems finding the right filepath
Ludwig, What is your dev language? -Original Message- From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:24 AM To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: Problems finding the right filepath Hello! We are a team developing a webapp running on a tomcat server. We need to list the files in a certain directory in our application, but we cannot find a way to always get the correct path on the different platforms and environments. Is this solvable through some IO-function or do we need to specify the path to our project in each environment? /Ludwig - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
RE: Problems finding the right filepath
From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Subject: Problems finding the right filepath We are a team developing a webapp running on a tomcat server. What version of Tomcat? (Be precise.) What JVM? We need to list the files in a certain directory in our application, but we cannot find a way to always get the correct path on the different platforms and environments. Can you let the DefaultServlet do it? Directory listings are normally disabled, but you can enable them for your particular webapp if you wish Note that there is no requirement for a servlet container (e.g., Tomcat) to provide *any* access to the underlying file system (if there is one at all), other than to a scratch area for the webapp's internal use. If your webapp is deployed as a .war file, there is no file structure to look at. Is this solvable through some IO-function or do we need to specify the path to our project in each environment? You will likely need to specify the path through an environment variable, Java system property, or within the webapp Context element, via a nested Parameter or Environment setting. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
RE: Problems finding the right filepath
Or... maybe within a initialization parameter for a servlet if you are using Java -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:59 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Subject: Problems finding the right filepath We are a team developing a webapp running on a tomcat server. What version of Tomcat? (Be precise.) What JVM? We need to list the files in a certain directory in our application, but we cannot find a way to always get the correct path on the different platforms and environments. Can you let the DefaultServlet do it? Directory listings are normally disabled, but you can enable them for your particular webapp if you wish Note that there is no requirement for a servlet container (e.g., Tomcat) to provide *any* access to the underlying file system (if there is one at all), other than to a scratch area for the webapp's internal use. If your webapp is deployed as a .war file, there is no file structure to look at. Is this solvable through some IO-function or do we need to specify the path to our project in each environment? You will likely need to specify the path through an environment variable, Java system property, or within the webapp Context element, via a nested Parameter or Environment setting. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
RE: Problems finding the right filepath
We are running Tomcat 6.0.20. The JDK is 1.6 but not the exact same version on all machines. My computer has 1.6.0.17, the server has 1.6.0.07 We are developing on both windows and mac. The server is ubuntu. To specify what I want, here is a model of my filesystem: /Tomcat-folder /conf /webapps /my-webapp /WEB-INF /web.xml /my-folder --- this is the folder I want to search If there is no specific way of solving this I can try the ones you have suggested. /Ludwig -Original Message- From: Joseph Morgan [mailto:joseph.mor...@ignitesales.com] Sent: den 23 november 2009 19:02 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath Or... maybe within a initialization parameter for a servlet if you are using Java -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:59 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Subject: Problems finding the right filepath We are a team developing a webapp running on a tomcat server. What version of Tomcat? (Be precise.) What JVM? We need to list the files in a certain directory in our application, but we cannot find a way to always get the correct path on the different platforms and environments. Can you let the DefaultServlet do it? Directory listings are normally disabled, but you can enable them for your particular webapp if you wish Note that there is no requirement for a servlet container (e.g., Tomcat) to provide *any* access to the underlying file system (if there is one at all), other than to a scratch area for the webapp's internal use. If your webapp is deployed as a .war file, there is no file structure to look at. Is this solvable through some IO-function or do we need to specify the path to our project in each environment? You will likely need to specify the path through an environment variable, Java system property, or within the webapp Context element, via a nested Parameter or Environment setting. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
RE: Problems finding the right filepath
Ludwig, it's been a while, but there used to be a function getRealPath or something very close to that on the ServletContext object where you can get a system-proper path of a resource. Have you tried that? -Original Message- From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:17 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath We are running Tomcat 6.0.20. The JDK is 1.6 but not the exact same version on all machines. My computer has 1.6.0.17, the server has 1.6.0.07 We are developing on both windows and mac. The server is ubuntu. To specify what I want, here is a model of my filesystem: /Tomcat-folder /conf /webapps /my-webapp /WEB-INF /web.xml /my-folder --- this is the folder I want to search If there is no specific way of solving this I can try the ones you have suggested. /Ludwig -Original Message- From: Joseph Morgan [mailto:joseph.mor...@ignitesales.com] Sent: den 23 november 2009 19:02 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath Or... maybe within a initialization parameter for a servlet if you are using Java -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:59 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Subject: Problems finding the right filepath We are a team developing a webapp running on a tomcat server. What version of Tomcat? (Be precise.) What JVM? We need to list the files in a certain directory in our application, but we cannot find a way to always get the correct path on the different platforms and environments. Can you let the DefaultServlet do it? Directory listings are normally disabled, but you can enable them for your particular webapp if you wish Note that there is no requirement for a servlet container (e.g., Tomcat) to provide *any* access to the underlying file system (if there is one at all), other than to a scratch area for the webapp's internal use. If your webapp is deployed as a .war file, there is no file structure to look at. Is this solvable through some IO-function or do we need to specify the path to our project in each environment? You will likely need to specify the path through an environment variable, Java system property, or within the webapp Context element, via a nested Parameter or Environment setting. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
RE: Problems finding the right filepath
Thank you, that one worked. /Ludwig -Original Message- From: Joseph Morgan [mailto:joseph.mor...@ignitesales.com] Sent: den 23 november 2009 19:25 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath Ludwig, it's been a while, but there used to be a function getRealPath or something very close to that on the ServletContext object where you can get a system-proper path of a resource. Have you tried that? -Original Message- From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:17 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath We are running Tomcat 6.0.20. The JDK is 1.6 but not the exact same version on all machines. My computer has 1.6.0.17, the server has 1.6.0.07 We are developing on both windows and mac. The server is ubuntu. To specify what I want, here is a model of my filesystem: /Tomcat-folder /conf /webapps /my-webapp /WEB-INF /web.xml /my-folder --- this is the folder I want to search If there is no specific way of solving this I can try the ones you have suggested. /Ludwig -Original Message- From: Joseph Morgan [mailto:joseph.mor...@ignitesales.com] Sent: den 23 november 2009 19:02 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath Or... maybe within a initialization parameter for a servlet if you are using Java -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:59 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Subject: Problems finding the right filepath We are a team developing a webapp running on a tomcat server. What version of Tomcat? (Be precise.) What JVM? We need to list the files in a certain directory in our application, but we cannot find a way to always get the correct path on the different platforms and environments. Can you let the DefaultServlet do it? Directory listings are normally disabled, but you can enable them for your particular webapp if you wish Note that there is no requirement for a servlet container (e.g., Tomcat) to provide *any* access to the underlying file system (if there is one at all), other than to a scratch area for the webapp's internal use. If your webapp is deployed as a .war file, there is no file structure to look at. Is this solvable through some IO-function or do we need to specify the path to our project in each environment? You will likely need to specify the path through an environment variable, Java system property, or within the webapp Context element, via a nested Parameter or Environment setting. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
Re: Problems finding the right filepath
On 23/11/2009 18:41, Ludwig Magnusson wrote: Thank you, that one worked. /Ludwig May I ask what you're searching for? p -Original Message- From: Joseph Morgan [mailto:joseph.mor...@ignitesales.com] Sent: den 23 november 2009 19:25 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath Ludwig, it's been a while, but there used to be a function getRealPath or something very close to that on the ServletContext object where you can get a system-proper path of a resource. Have you tried that? -Original Message- From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:17 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath We are running Tomcat 6.0.20. The JDK is 1.6 but not the exact same version on all machines. My computer has 1.6.0.17, the server has 1.6.0.07 We are developing on both windows and mac. The server is ubuntu. To specify what I want, here is a model of my filesystem: /Tomcat-folder /conf /webapps /my-webapp /WEB-INF /web.xml /my-folder--- this is the folder I want to search If there is no specific way of solving this I can try the ones you have suggested. /Ludwig -Original Message- From: Joseph Morgan [mailto:joseph.mor...@ignitesales.com] Sent: den 23 november 2009 19:02 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath Or... maybe within a initialization parameter for a servlet if you are using Java -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:chuck.caldar...@unisys.com] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:59 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Subject: Problems finding the right filepath We are a team developing a webapp running on a tomcat server. What version of Tomcat? (Be precise.) What JVM? We need to list the files in a certain directory in our application, but we cannot find a way to always get the correct path on the different platforms and environments. Can you let the DefaultServlet do it? Directory listings are normally disabled, but you can enable them for your particular webapp if you wish Note that there is no requirement for a servlet container (e.g., Tomcat) to provide *any* access to the underlying file system (if there is one at all), other than to a scratch area for the webapp's internal use. If your webapp is deployed as a .war file, there is no file structure to look at. Is this solvable through some IO-function or do we need to specify the path to our project in each environment? You will likely need to specify the path through an environment variable, Java system property, or within the webappContext element, via a nestedParameter orEnvironment setting. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
RE: Problems finding the right filepath
From: Ludwig Magnusson [mailto:lud...@itcatapult.com] Subject: RE: Problems finding the right filepath Thank you, that one worked. Again, getRealPath() is not guaranteed to return anything - it's up to the whim of the container. To quote from the API doc: This method returns null if the servlet container cannot translate the virtual path to a real path for any reason (such as when the content is being made available from a .war archive). - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
