Although you stated the obvious you also answered my naive question :).
Thank you
> Subject: RE: Cannot create a link to a file - suspecting tomcat is the issue
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:29:42 -0600
> From: joseph.mor...@ignitesales.com
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
>
> John,
>
> Think about what the browser is doing. When the browser sees
> file:///C:/Users/OEM/Desktop/testa.text, it wants to load a file from
> the local system where it is running, which is NOT your Apache + Tomcat
> server, but the user's machine.
>
> For so many reasons we cannot get into here, you do not what to make it
> so anyone hitting your site can absolutely reach any file on that
> server, at least, unless you want a love affair with the hacker
> community. You want it relative so that 1) Your user's browser can find
> it and 2) so hackers can't just reach anywhere into your machine and
> grab something, say... a config file, or a password file.
>
> If you need user specific areas, then organize your app directory
> structure that way, and link relatively to each user's area.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John C [mailto:jac_legend_...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:21 AM
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Cannot create a link to a file - suspecting tomcat is the
> issue
>
>
> In case I did not explain myself well. I am trying to create a link to a
> file in a webpage. The link works fine using Apache + Tomcat if the file
> and link are both relative. This means that the html file containing the
> link to the text file is located in the same directory as the file
> itself. However I would like to link to absolute files anywhere on the
> system where the Apache + Tomcat server is hosted. In this case I am
> running on local host and using the absolute link to the file
> (file:///C:/Users/OEM/Desktop/testa.txt). Unfortunately this doesn't
> work. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>
> > From: jac_legend_...@hotmail.com
> > To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> > Subject: Cannot create a link to a file - suspecting tomcat is the
> issue
> > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:07:47 +1300
> >
> >
> > I am trying to create a link to a file in my webpage. The anchors href
> for the link is "file:///C:/Users/OEM/Desktop/testa.txt". When I run my
> webpage from file I can click the link
> (file:///C:/Users/OEM/Documents/NetBeansProjects/WebApp/web/main.htm).
> However when I run my webpage using Apache Server and Tomcat I cannot
> click the link (http://localhost:8080/WebApp/main.htm). What I am trying
> to achieve is to be able to create a link to a file located anywhere on
> the server. Since I am using localhost, I would like to point to this
> file (file:///C:/Users/OEM/Desktop/testa.txt). How do I do this? Does
> the file have to be relative to Apache Server?
> > Thanks
>
>
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