does this look right?

[Randall Twede]

I have Apache\Tomcat server running on win98. Until recently everything was fine but now Im getting internal servlet error saying the system cannot find the path. I have tried to find out what is wrong with no success so for the time being I want to work around it by changing relative path to absolute path.
here is original code
log = new FileIO("../webapps/examples/SiteLog.txt");
does this look right for new code?
log = new FileIO("c:\\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat\webapps\examples\SiteLog.txt");
it has been a long time since I have really been into this and im confused because of changing forward slashes to back slashes

[Madhav Lakkapragada]

Randall:
log = new FileIO("../webapps/examples/SiteLog.txt");
Is FileIO a custom class you developed or is it
avail. for public?
I have a similar (exact) prob and I gaveup because
I couldn't create a new file in the webapps location...
Sorry for the intrusion, but just thought, I could
resurrect my old project.
Thanks.
- satya

[Randall Twede]

Madhav,
It is a custom class

 import java.io.*;
public class FileIO extends Object {
  private String filename,string,line,file;
  public FileIO(String filename) {
    this.filename = filename;
  }
  public void append(String str) throws IOException {
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename,true)));
    out.println(str);
    out.close();
  }
  public void write(String str) throws IOException {
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename)));
    out.print(str);
    out.close();
  }
  public String read() throws IOException  {
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
    file = new String();
    while((line = in.readLine())!= null)
      file += line + System.getProperty("line.separator");
    in.close();
    return file;
  }
}

I created the empty files from windows explorer(or notepad I forget which).
the servlet worked fine for over a year but quit working about the time I started getting entries in my logs from the code red worm which is not supposed to affect apache. I have also been infected with trojans so who knows why it isnt working anymore.
I am wondering if I have to change my server configuration also to use absolute paths.
[This message has been edited by Randall Twede (edited August 17, 2001).]

[Madhav Lakkapragada]

Thanks, Randall.
I will try and let you know if I have any success.
- satya