John, relative paths are always a headache (until you do some book-learning :-)). What I do is, right after my <HTML> tag I put in a line like this: <HTML> <BASE href='<%=request.getScheme()+"://"+request.getServerName()+":"+request.g etServerPort()+request.getContextPath()+"/" %>'>
What the line above does is gives you the full path as your base reference. You can put 'kind-of' the same line in your regular html pages by using just the relative paths. Some may argue with the approach I use; if you include footers` and headers though and use the line right after your <HTML> tag your relative path will always be the same. Tom Kochanowicz -----Original Message----- From: John B. Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:27 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Relative directory addressing to parent directory Can't seem to get this to work.... Example: Under Tomcat/webapps I want an images directory that "any" of the web applications in that directory can access in their pages. In static HTML (under Apache) I would use.. ../images/myimage.jpg and it would work just fine.. (the "../" would cause it to "backup" one folder to the parent and access the images directory directly under "webapps") I can seem to get this to work within a JSP page in Tomcat (4.1.29) As a test I created an HTML inwhich this works under Apache. Then changed it to a .jsp to run under Tomcat with the target image in /webapps/images/ and the app under /webapps/testapp. Suggestions as to what I am missing...??? John.. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.557 / Virus Database: 349 - Release Date: 12/30/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.557 / Virus Database: 349 - Release Date: 12/30/2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
