You might consider setting a system property to point to the folder:

-Dmy.files=file://D|/Tomcat/Folder/

and then

String folder = System.getProperty("my.files");
URL url = new URL(folder + "myfile.txt");
InputStream in = url.openStream();

Bob

At 06:04 PM 12/22/2003 +0530, Karthikeyan wrote:
>Hi.,
>
>Problem:
>I have WAR file in the Tomcat Container.
>I have a folder in my file system that contains the files . (e.g.
>D:\Tomcat\Folder)
>I need to read the file on click of a link in the JSP pages and display on
>the browser.
>
>Kindly, provide me with suggestions.
>A code snipplet will help me.
>
>Thanks.
>Karthik.S
>
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