Hi,
 
Try putting the file to be read in the directory that contains the program that is starting your webserver. If this doesn't solve the problem, see if the output of this statement works:
 
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir")); //this is the dir where the file be put ....
 
Hoping it helps.
 
Ravi
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: Reading a file from servlet.

Hello Everybody,

I just started writing servlets and I have a question. How do you
read a normal text file from a servlet. I know this sounds silly
but I have been trying to do this for sometime, but I always get a
file not found exception. I put this line of code into the
HelloWorld Servlet

BufferedReader bR = new BufferedReader(new
FileReader("response.txt"));

and it throws the FilenotFoundException. I placed the text file in
the same directory of the class. I have checked the permissions of
the file and all, they are ok too.

Is there any special package or method that I should be using??

Thanks in advance for help.

--sai

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