Hi Patrick, you can store files in an action-class to c:/
or if you use linux to: /home/patrick/ (if there is no policy against it) that what you mean? regards, Matthias -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Scheuerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 2:32 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Storing uploaded files outside the root directory of a webapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > We have applied following approach in the project. > > A project level variable (system variable) is defined..e.g. > MY_PROJECT_HOME > > And all file paths are resolved relative to this home.So all our > configuration files(which are XML files) just give a path relative to > the project home and a FileUtils class provides the complete path by > appending any path to this PROJECT_HOME.And it has worked quite well. > I think this is a very clean approach which separates your data files > from the webapplication deployment directories.And it is reasonable to > assume that any application will have its home directory set. The problem with this approach is that you have to have root access to the application server in order to set an environment variable (which is not the case in my situation). The solution with a properties file doesn't have this restriction. My main question is this: is it possible to refer to a RELATIVE path that is outside the webapp root dir? e.g. webapp dir is %TOMCAT_HOME%/webapps/myapp data dir is %TOMCAT_HOME%/data Patrick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
