What I do for my application is creat a URL mapping /binaries/*
That maps to a servlet that then reads the files from the source directory, and transmits them out the OutputStream. George Sexton MH Software, Inc. http://www.mhsoftware.com/ Voice: 303 438 9585 > -----Original Message----- > From: Zach Moazeni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:16 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Accessing Files outside of WebApp > > Hello, > > In our current application I need to link to a file that resides > outside of the webapp directory. On another application we > allowed the > users upload files and stored them in the webapp directory, > which made > deployment a royal pain. This time we are storing the files in a > location external to Tomcat, however I need to let the users click a > link so they can download and open the file. I'd rather not > "copy over" > the file to a tmp directory from which they download. > > In Apache there was something like <Location>, is there something > like that in Tomcat? > > Thanks for any input. > -Zach > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]