saving xml file to a different server/dir in a servlet

[Bhasker Reddy]

I am using visual age java. I am getting an xml
file. I am saving the file. But it gets saved
to a directory under IBMVJAVA. BUt i want to
save that file to a differenet directory in
a oracle/unix server.
how can i do that.
I mean how can specify the path. and force it
to save that file to a particular directory in
that server.

[Nitin Shivaram]

Can you be more specific?, how are you saving the xml file, are u using the File object or some proprietary code?

[Bhasker Reddy]

I am getting the file as an inputStream. I am writing it to the outputStreamWriter. This file
is getting saved in a directory in visual age java. I want to store it in oracle/unix server
in a particular directory.
does this help you

[Nitin Shivaram]

Use a FileWriter object instead and give the directory name/file name as a String.
Be aware that you need to have write permissions from both the o/s and java. For o/s permissions contact your system admin, for java use "policytool"
The following is a code to get you started.

  
import java.io.*;
public class FileTest 
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
   String testData = "The file data";
   FileWriter fl = null;
   try
   {
     fl = new FileWriter(new File("c:\\thefilename"));
     fl.write(testData, 0, testData.length());
     fl.flush();
     fl.close();
   }
   catch(Exception ex)
   {
     ex.printStackTrace();
   }
  }
}

[Bhasker Reddy]

I want to store it in a different server,
my code is located in ibm visual age 3.0.,
but i want to store the file in another server
how do i send file to that server
can i give the server address
rex.221.bs(rex name of the server)
221 is the port
bs is the user name

[Nitin Shivaram]

at the top of my head, i can think of 2 ways to do it.
1) Have a multi-threaded program/server running on the other machine which listens for connections. The program/server reads from the socket and write to the disk. This server could be easily written in Java(piece of cake !! )
2) mount the other machine filesystem on to the current system. Then anything you write to that directory is as good as writing to the other machine.
Hope this helps.

[Bhasker Reddy]

I am not sure how to write multithread server on
the other machine.
Can you advise me.

[Bhasker Reddy]

can't i specify the path of the third database
server
"rex.21.bs/export/xml/" in the file path
but i checked it's not working.
I do connect to the other database server to
run some stored procedures, to update the tables
using java servlets present in ibm visual age java.