Actually I have one more question that hopefully you can help with. How do you delete a file after a user downloads/views it or closes the browser window? Is there any way to track this or is the solution to clean up the files after a specific amount of time has passed?
> From: jac_legend_...@hotmail.com > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: RE: Cannot create a link to a file - suspecting tomcat is the issue > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:40:21 +1300 > > > 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 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > >
