Actually the best way is to put the properties file in the same location as
your servlets, then use.
Properties props = new Properties();
props.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream("my.properties"));
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: wendy.ua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 9:10 PM
Subject: How to get servlets to reach htdocs directory
> Hi, I put my properties files under my web server (IBM Http Web server
> powered by Apache)
> htdocs directory, say
> htdocs\props
>
> Now, I have a servlets that need to read a properties file under this
> directory.
> How? I transverse through the classpath inside my servlet, and the
> htdocs directory
> is not reachable.
>
> Specifically, I specificied "props\hello.properties" in one of the
> initArg of my servlet.
> and used class path returned in runtiem to find this file but with no
> success.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Wendy
>
>
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