Slashes in the policy file

[David Duran]

Does anyone know how to specify an os-independent slash in an RMI policy file?

permission java.io.FilePermission "./logs/*", "read";  // doesn't work in windows!
// So i have to specify both of these
permission java.io.FilePermission ".\logs\*", "read";

Is there a way to specify something like file.separator within the policy file?

[Junaid Bhatra]

You can do that using ${/} in the policy file.
For eg:
permission java.io.FilePermission "${/}mydir${/}-", "read,write,delete,execute";
In the codebase specifier however, it should always be a / since it is a URL, (even though you may point it to a local file).
For eg:
grant codeBase "file:/c:/myhome/-" {
permission java.io.FilePermission "${/}mydir${/}-", "read,write,delete,execute";
};
You can even utilize system properties. For eg:
grant codeBase "file:/${user.home}/-" {
permission java.io.FilePermission "${user.home}${/}-", "read,write,delete,execute";
};
[ May 14, 2002: Message edited by: Junaid Bhatra ]