Read a file from a mapped drive

[Chris Behr]

I am trying to read a file from a mapped drive using a servlet. I used the following code to map the drive:
try{
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("net use x: \\\\servername\\dir");
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
... set error
return;
}
which when I run this it doesn't throw an ioexception. But when I try to read a file using the following code:
File dir = new File("x:\\version.dat");
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(dir);
int c;
while ((c = in.read()) != -1)
inBuf.append((char)c);
in.close();

I get this error:
reported this exception: x:\version.dat (The system cannot find the path specified). Please report this to the administrator of the web server.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: x:\version.dat (The system cannot find the path specified) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) ........
I even logged onto the server and mapped x: from the command prompt and then verified with dir that the file was there. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make this work or if I have the directory mapped correctly?

[Sunetra Saha]

I have run into the same problem. Can anybody help?