I want to write a config file from a servlet implemented in
/usr/local/webserver/tomcat/webapps/myWebapp/WEB-INF/classes/my/package/myWebapp.class,
to a myWebapp/conf directory. The directory exists, and there are no
permissions issues---I can write the config file if I hardcode a full
path to the file.
The following works:
FileWriter fwrite;
try
{
fwrite = new File
Writer("/usr/local/webserver/tomcat/webapps/myWebapp/conf/" + project +
".conf");
// ...etc.
}
catch(IOException e)
{
// ...etc.
}
But if I change the path in the new FileWriter statement to any of the
following, it does not work:
/myWebapps/conf (relative to tomcat's servlets root)
conf/ (relative to the docBase declared in the webapp's context)
../../../../conf (relative to the class file)
I get a FileNotFound...(No such file or directory) exception.
What does tomcat consider to be the relative path to the myWebapp/conf
directory? relative to what?
BTW, this is a private, internal app that won't be deployed in a public
website, so there are no concerns about writing files to the server's
disk. But I want to reserve the option of deploying to a Windows
machine or keeping it on the Linux box, and I don't want to be tied to a
specific directory location on either box.
Thanks.
Jerry
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