Daniel:

Great, got it, it works. Thanks.

Jerry

Daniel wrote:

>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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