Hi,
>Is there a container independent way to find the base directory. I
have
>never tried to access CATALINA_HOME from the code before, but I am
guessing
>I can. However, I was wondering if there was a better way to get the
base
>directory. One I get here, I can designate a log directory for my app.
>
>I am sorry if this is a repeat. I found a similar question in the
archive,
>but the mail-archive indices were wrong at it was inaccessible.
No, there isn't. The whole concept of a container base directory is
container-specific, not regulated by the Servlet (or other J2EE)
specifications. For many container installations, the container base
directory is not only completely separate from the webapps location, but
also not writeable by webapps (as a security precaution).
For Tomcat, you can use System.getProperty("catalina.base") and/or
System.getProperty("catalina.home").
Many times, server administrators would not want you logging anywhere
under the server base directory. Rather, they'd prefer you log to an
external or central logging repository. This is a good reason to expose
a configuration logging directory property (in your config files, via a
JNDI env-entry, or via a system property, up to you) so that your server
admin can set up the application logging the way he/she wants.
Yoav
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