If you're trying from inside a servlet or so, the getResourceAsStream works fine, as the path pass something like /WEB-INF/somedir/somefile.someextension. Try not to use getRealPath. See list's messages explaining the use of properties files.
If you want to access a directory below WEB-INF from client side, Tomcat won't normally do. Everything inside WEB-INF is protected from client access. But I could imagine you could develop a servlet, which serves these resource if necessary. But you should rather not do this. Andreas On 29 Nov 2002 at 4:17, Peter Lee wrote: > On 29 Nov 2002 at 11:03, Andreas Probst wrote: > > I can now access the folder directly above the WEB-INF folder. > Actually, I meant a folder which is directly below the WEB-INF > folder. This is still causing problems. > > Thanks > > > Hello Peter, > > > > did you try > > public java.lang.String getRealPath(java.lang.String path) of > > javax.servlet.ServletContext? > > > > or preferrably > > public java.net.URL getResource(java.lang.String path) > > or public java.io.InputStream > > getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String path) > > > > Which directory do you mean, your webapp's directory, which is > > directly above WEB-INF or do you mean even higher above? > > > > The getResourceAsStream works fine for resources inside your > > webapp and should be used instead of getRealPath. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Andreas > > > > > > On 29 Nov 2002 at 1:18, Peter Lee wrote: > > > > > I am using Tomcat for servlets. > > > How do I get the absolute path of a file in a directory > > > above WEB-INF directory of my web application? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
