Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply. Here are few more things in the context of the relative path:
1.> I am gathering that "/" refers to the drive where my Tomcat is installed on Windows. (With file path as "/subscribers.txt" the file is created at the root of the drive.) 2.> I am not using HTTP sessions. regards, Rajendra On 3/1/07, Rajendra Sakpal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/1/07, Pid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rajendra Sakpal wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using TOMCAT 5.5. I am creating a file in class that is called > from a > > JSP. However, the relative path that I have specified in the class > doesn't > > seem to work. The path that I have used is > > :"/webapps/Jonathon/WEB-INF/etc/subscriber.txt". > > > > Can someone please let me know, what is wrong with the relative path ? > > > > > thanks in advance, > > Rajendra > > > > If you start the path with a "/" then it's not relative. > > There are functions to help you locate resources on webapp relative > paths. > > String absolutePath = servletContext.getRealPath( relativePath ); > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >