Using Tomcat 5.5.20, I'm having no trouble with relative paths such as:
<%@ include file="../filename.inc" %>
... and we have several of them. So your original usage looks correct.
I would say to be sure you didn't put the wrong index.jsp file in the
main app directory.
We do not use a leading slash, since that would mean it is not a
relative path. Clearly, "/../filename.jsp" is not going to work.
We do not use the ".jsp" extension for include files because
pre-compiling would try to compile the include files, and Tomcat will
also try to compile them if you try to access them.
Layton
Justin Jaynes wrote:
Chris,
Using "/header.jsp" which is of course an absolute path, I get virtually the
same error. Only /../header.jsp changes to /header.jsp Still doesn't work.
You also suggested this: <%@ include file="<%= request.getContextPath()
%>/header.jsp" %>
I tried it but the code inside the quotes does not get evaluated.
Justin
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Justin,
The index.jsp file in the main directory contains the code <%@
include file="header.jsp" %> and it works great.
In the admin directory the index.jsp file contains this code <%@
include file="../header.jsp" %> obviously referencing to the parent
directory, where the header.jsp file sits. I don't want to have to
copy it to the child directory and maintain two copies of it.
But when I do this, I get an error every time. What am I doing
wrong? You can find the error below.
It's a good idea to start your include directives with a '/', making
your paths relative to the context path (the "webapp base URI", if you
will). As you can see, Tomcat is adding a leading '/' for you, which
makes the path into nonsense:
File "/../header.jsp" not found
"/../header.jsp" would actually be located one directory above your
webapp's root directory, which is illegal.
Consider using "/header.jsp" as the include's location.
There is another thread from the last 24 hours or so with someone asking
about changing context paths. This is the best way to do this:
<%@ include file="<%= request.getContextPath() %>/header.jsp" %>
Not sure if that compiles (I haven't touched JSP in years), but it's the
general idea.
- -chris
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