So we are still dealing with two separate issues here.
a) relative links in the browser -- these are expanded to full URIs by
the browser based on the current page's uri and the link's relative
uri. Nothing tomcat can do about that and nothing that should
behaviorally change from tomcat 5 to tomcat 6.
b) relative file paths in servlet code -- relative paths are flaky no
matter what version of tomcat you use since it dependes on the working
directory at the time tomcat was started as opposed to the webapp's path
or current file's path. I'd highly recommend using
ServletContext.getResource() or ServletContext.getResourceAsStream() to
read files stored within the webapp. Both will properly provide access
to resources within the same webapp. Just use the full path relative to
the top of your webapp like '/logs/MCRCServlets.log'.
--David
Walter Thompson wrote:
I am talking about servlet code and configuration file information and
links in the htlm pages on the server under the root directory.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:00 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Relative internal links
You mention links like ../webapps/MCRCServlets/logs/MCRCServlets.log
which implies these are presented in the browser, but then your talk
about absolute paths like C:/www/.... implying a local read of the file
system. These don't normally go together. Could you clarify how you
are using these paths (from browser or servlet code)?
--David
Walter Thompson wrote:
I have run into an issue with Tomcat6. In Tomcat5 we were using links
like "../webapps/MCRCServlets/logs/MCRCServlet.log" in the Java Code.
I copied all of the folders over from Tomcat5 to Tomcat6 so that they
have the same directory structure:
webapps
root
MCRCServlets
Balancer
In all of the Java Code for the servlets and config files I have had
to put absolute paths in like
"C:/www/Tomcat6/MCRCSerlets/logs/MCRCServlet.log" for it to find the
files.
Is there a configuration file that I can change to make the relative
references work? What would the config code would I add?
I have searched everywhere for an answer to this quest and found no
answers.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer!
Walter Thompson
Midland Certified Reagent Company
3112 W Cuthbert Avenue
Midland, Texas 79701
432-694-7950 Ph
432-694-2387 Fx
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