I didn't know that, thanks for the heads-up!


From: "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: How can I access a file located in WEB-INF
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:14:33 -0400


Hi, Just remember getRealPath returns null in a packed WAR file. Better approaches are in the tomcat FAQ.

Yoav Shapira
Millennium Research Informatics


>-----Original Message----- >From: Frank Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:14 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: How can I access a file located in WEB-INF > >Further, you will probably want to be able to construct the path to /WEB- >INF >at runtime rather than hardcoding paths... You can do that as follows: > >String fullPath = getServletContext().getRealPath("path"); > >where path is a context-relative path (can include a filename if you want). > >For instance, I use this in a Struts plug-in to initialize a custom >connection pool. The value I use for path is "/WEB- >INF/ConnPoolConfig.xml". > The above gives you the full system path to the file (in my case, >C:\tomcat\webapps\toa\WEB-INF on my development machine), so you can easily >open it then. > >If you just use the above to get the path to a path (i.e., you want the >fully-qualified path to WEB-INF in the current webapp, but not a specific >file), you will need to append a file separator character at the end before >appending a filename. > >Frank > >>From: "Tom K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: How can I access a file located in WEB-INF >>Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:52:42 -0500 >> >>File dir = new File("directoryName"); >> >> String[] children = dir.list(); >> if (children == null) { >> // Either dir does not exist or is not a directory >> } else { >> for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++) { >> // Get filename of file or directory >> String filename = children[i]; >> } >> } >> >>Tom Kochanowicz >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: STOCKHOLM, Raymond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:15 AM >>To: Tomcat Users List >>Subject: How can I access a file located in WEB-INF >> >>Hi, >> >>I need to access a file located in the directory WEB-INF of my web >>application. >>In fact, in WEB-INF/conf. >>How can I open this file in one of my servlet ? >> >>Any advise is welcome. >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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: 6.0.682 / Virus Database: 444 - Release Date: 5/11/2004 >> >> >>--- >>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.682 / Virus Database: 444 - Release Date: 5/11/2004 >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access fights spam and pop-ups - now 3 months FREE! >http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]




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