> >I want to determine the real, absolute, path to where my servlet is
> >running within my servlet. Is there any way to do this other
> than passing
> >initialization arguments to the servlet? I want to create/read/modify a
> >file within the servlet's directory.
>
> String req.getRealPath ("/" ) will get you your root directory. From there
> you should be able to figure out how to specify the servlet directory.
> Note, you may not have the proper permissions to create a file in the
> servlet's directory. That depends on its permission settings.
>
I tried that. The HttpServletRequest.getRealPath("/") returns the document root, i.e.
/usr2/local/apache/htdocs
The SevletContext.getRealPath("/") returns null. My servlet is located at
/usr2/local/apache/servlets/development/MyServletDir
Any other suggestions?
Brad
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