Re: creating a path from the container root

Kai,

        Thanks!!!

Tom Kochanowicz


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Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 2:26 AM
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Subject: Re: creating a path from the container root

java.io.File newDir = new java.io.File(
getServletContext().getRealPath("/"), "newdire" );
newDir.mkdir();

BTW: forward slashes work on Windows too, no need to / => \\

-clapu


>  I am trying to create a directory below the webapps\mywebapp
directory.
>
> I'am able to create directories with the
> java.io.File(new_directory)).mkdirs();  . (or mkdir())
>
> However, I want to create it under the webapps\mywebapp directory,
> To do this I need to get a path to the webapps\mywebapp directory so
> I used request.getContextPath()  which returns the correct path except
> that
> The directory mywebapp comes back with a forward slash (e.g.
/mywebapp)
> When it should be a back slash (e.g. \mywebapp)
>
> I've tried using the java.io.File.separator to make it UNIX/windows
> independent but
> That doesn't work either!
>
> HELP!
>
> TK
>
>

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