-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter,
Peter Crowther wrote: >> From: Rajendra Sakpal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> What is the right way to make Tomcat write a file in the directory >> : "/webapps/Jonathon/WEB-INF/etc/subscriber.txt" ? > > Use servletContext.getRealPath("/WEB-INF/etc/subscriber.txt"). However, > you should not be writing files in your webapp directory; you are not > guaranteed write access to it by the servlet spec. For example, your > webapp may not be unpacked, so the WEB-INF directory is inside the .war > file. IIRC, ServletContext.getRealPath("/WEB-INF/...") won't give you a usable path if the webapp is in an unexploded WAR file, right? It would be better to use ServletContext.getResource("/...") would be a better method to use, as you'll get a URL from which you might be able to at least /read/. (I realize that the OP was asking about writing). > If you need to persist data, write to a database or (if you have > to) write to some filestore that you define via a configuration option > somewhere. I completely agree. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF5vmu9CaO5/Lv0PARAlcKAJ9HB+90zmUQ4T7k8i5ZZPJKae4dGQCeM1U8 CPED/JRth11ZkreVW6Sx+9w= =tmad -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
