Re: Package cannot find a file...

Is there a reason to use Java for this?  Seems like a lot of
work to do a task that can be achieve much more simply using
native features.

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:08:40 -0400
 "Joel R. Cochran" <jrc@masi-brac.com> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I put this code in a Servlet you can view at
> http://www.vamanet.com:1550/info/servlet/CheckFilePathServlet
> but I feel dumb because I don't understand it... where
> does this tell me I
> should put the file?
>
> The ServerRoot directive in 'QIBM/ProdData/httpa/conf/httpd.conf"
> is:
> ServerRoot /QIBM/UserData/HTTPA
>
> which does NOT match any path displayed in the above
> servlet.  And NONE of
> the above represent where I actually put
> files/images/etc. in order to be
> able to view them.
>
> Hopelessly confused.
>
>
> Joel R. Cochran
> Director of Internet Services
> VamaNet.com
> (800)480-8810
> mailto:webmaster@vamanet.com
>
>
> > If you can't wade through the configuration files, you
> can
> > use the File
> > class to empirically determine what your root directory
> is.
> > Just run the
> > following code in a servlet:
> >
> >     String[] files = { "file", "/slashfile", "./dotfile",
> > "/./slashdotfile" };
> >
> >     out.println("<H4>File paths</H4>");
> >
> >     out.println("<table border=4>");
> >     out.println("
> > <tr><th>AbsoluteFile</th><th>AbsolutePath</th><th>CanonicalFil
> > e</th><th>Cano
> > nicalPath</th></tr>");
> >
> >     try {
> >             for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
> >             {
> >                     File file = new File(files[i]);
> >                     out.println("  <tr><td>" +
> >                             file.getAbsoluteFile() + "</td><td>" +
> >                             file.getAbsolutePath() + "</td><td>" +
> >                             file.getCanonicalFile() + "</td><td>" +
> >                             file.getCanonicalPath() + "</td></tr>");
> >             }
> >     } catch (Exception e1) {}
> >
> >     out.println("</table>");
> >
> > It will print out a table of the paths and files for
> various
> > syntaxes of
> > file prefixes.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
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