This will map to the "ROOT" context directory not the webapps I mean "WEBAPPS/ROOT"
-----Original Message----- From: Michal Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 April 2005 11:38 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Check deployment dir programatically Finally, the answer in my case (although probably not universal) is: request.getSession().getServletContext().getRealPath("/"). Michal > -----Original Message----- > From: Michal Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:24 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Check deployment dir programatically > > Thanks again for your help. JNDI solution is tempting. The > only problem is that I have many instances of tomcat and I > prefer not to hardcode the path into server.xml. That's why > I'm still looking for a more flexible (even if less elegant > and less portable ) solution. > > > This is because if you deploy the app as a .war then you > wont be able > > to do > > getResourceAsStream(fileName) withing that context. > > Not true - it works even if you deploy from a war (at least in tomcat > 5.0) . It simply looks for the file in the directory where > tomcat unzipped the war. > > Michal. > > > Need more help ? > > Email me > > > > > > Regards > > Guru > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michal Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 12 April 2005 10:35 > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: RE: Check deployment dir programatically > > > > > > This is a solution. I'll do it if there's not a better one. > Any other > > ideas? > > > > Michal. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Raghupathy,Gurumoorthy > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:27 AM > > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > > Subject: RE: Check deployment dir programatically > > > > > > Why dont you setup a JNDI variable for your context > which will set > > > the value of base directory ... And then use it in your app... > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/jndi-resources > > > -howto.html > > > > > > We use JNDI ... :o) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michal Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 12 April 2005 10:16 > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > Subject: Check deployment dir programatically > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > How can I programatically check the absolute path to the > deployment > > > direcotory (webapps/myApp directory) on the server? > > > > > > > > > request.getSession().getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(fileName) > > > works fine to read a file from the direcory, but I see no > equivalent > > > to check the root deployment directory. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Michal. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
