Hi Jerry,
You can use:
servletContext.getRealPath("/path_relative_to_webapp_root/");
Regards,
Daniel
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Jerry Ford wrote:
> 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 File
> Writer("/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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