Try: URI uri = new URI("file//c:/.."); // win
Or "file:///yourdir/.." on unix (note 3 "/"). From uri you can get the url and from here you can open an inputstream or you can use "new File(url.toFile())" To access a resource from your classpath the following will do: URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassloader().getResource("relativeNameOfFile"); Basically this should work, but its untested as my phone does not provide a java compiler :-) Jens Sent from my iPhone On 18.09.2012, at 08:21, "Ge Gestione Elaboratori\(IBM Business Partner\)" <case...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excuse me Dan: > attached the screenshot. > paolo > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Daniel Mikusa [mailto:dmik...@vmware.com] > Inviato: martedì 11 settembre 2012 13.51 > A: Tomcat Users List > Oggetto: Re: how to read files in file system > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 3:11 AM, IBM partner Gestione Elaboratori wrote: > >> With jsp i can read files in the file system only if there are located > under >> the directory webapps/<application>/<file>. >> >> If I read a file ,for example, in c:/<filename> Tomcats signals an error > (se >> atthachment) > > Again, there is no attachment. The list is probably removing it. Please > try pasting the content into your email. > > Please also include the error that is given. Without that, we can only > guess at what is happening. > > Dan > >> How to read files located everywere in the file system? >> >> >> >> paoloc >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org