writing a file from a servlet

[Jerry Ford]

I want to write a config file from a servlet implemented in 
/usr/local/webserver/tomcat/webapps/myWebapp/WEB-INF/classes/my/package/myWebapp.class, 
to a myWebapp/conf directory.  The directory exists, and there are no 
permissions issues---I can write the config file if I hardcode a full 
path to the file.

The following works:

FileWriter fwrite;

try
{
  fwrite = new 
FileWriter("/usr/local/webserver/tomcat/webapps/myWebapp/conf/" + 
project + ".conf");
  // ...etc.
}
catch(IOException e)
{
  // ...etc.
}

But if I change the path in the new FileWriter statement to any of the 
following, it does not work:

  /myWebapps/conf (relative to tomcat's servlets root)
  conf/ (relative to the docBase declared in the webapp's context)
  ../../../../conf (relative to the class file)
I get a FileNotFound...(No such file or directory) exception.

What does tomcat consider to be the relative path to the myWebapp/conf 
directory?  relative to what?

BTW, this is a private, internal app that won't be deployed in a public 
website, so there are no concerns about writing files to the server's 
disk.  But I want to reserve the option of deploying to a Windows 
machine or keeping it on the Linux box, and I don't want to be tied to a 
specific directory location on either box. 

Thanks.

Jerry

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