The web-inf is protected, ie it's not a part of the web app. At least not in terms of being able to serve files from within it.
--mikej -=----- mike jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: rf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RequestDispatcher and WEB-INF > > > I want to give out an exe after an authorization. So I > put the exe in WEB-INF to avoid direct access, and > tried to do: > RequestDispatcher rd = > req.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/my.exe"); > rd.forward (req, res); > > Tomcat 4.0.6 says /WEb-INF/my.exe cannot be found. > > I dont know how this is different from what Craig > mentioned at > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-user&m=99790295202902&w=2 > > > Thank you > Rf > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
