David, That works! Thank you so much! : ,
g. -----Original Message----- From: Karr, David [mailto:david.karr@;ATTWS.COM] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Servlet can't locate file > -----Original Message----- > From: Means, Garann R. [mailto:grmeans@;DOC1.WA.GOV] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:33 PM > > My servlet is supposed to read the contents of a file stored > in the root of > my webapp. I need to set it up so that the file can be found > on both Linux > and windows systems. But no matter what path I type in or > where I put the > file, the servlet isn't able to find it. What do I need to > change? Have I > missed a config file? Below is a code snippet from the servlet: > > public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, > HttpServletResponse > response) > throws ServletException, IOException { > response.setContentType("text/html"); > PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); > > byte fileIn[] = new byte[500000]; > FileInputStream fis = new > FileInputStream("junk.txt"); // here's the filename In a servlet, you need to use "getServletContext().getResourceAsStream(String)" instead of just creating a FileInputStream. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com