MultipartRequest syntax question

[Garann Means]

Hi,
I'm trying to use MultipartRequest to upload a file. When I get to the servlet, I get:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a directory: /images
at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.(MultipartRequest.java:211)
at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.(MultipartRequest.java:106)
at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.(MultipartRequest.java:86)
at testPad.Uploader.doPost(Uploader.java:19)........

The MultipartRequest object in the servlet is instantiated thusly:
MultipartRequest mpRequest = new MultipartRequest(request,"/images");

I also tried it without the slash, but the results were the same.
Finally, this is my directory structure:

tomcat
        |_webapps
                   |_testPad             (my app)
                              |_JSP that calls servlet
                              |_/images directory

Can anyone help me correct this? Thanks!
g.
[ August 08, 2002: Message edited by: Garann Rose Means ]

[Sandeep Jain]

Well , what I feel here there is no way u can achieve this fuctionality without modifying the MultipartRequest.java file .
So what u can do is inside the constructor of MultipartRequest file u can check for the file type or ur condition on which u want to put ur file in the respective directory and make the call to its other constructor which takes 2 parameters and can set the direcory also .

[Sandeep Jain]

Sorry , I just enter the comments in the wrong window, they were answer to some other question so please do not bother .
What u can try out here is give the absolute path of the directory .

[Garann Means]

I ended up just sending an email to the contact address listed on the servlets.com website.
Jason Hunter responded:

It can be either (relative or absolute -g.). If relative it's relative to the current directory of
the web server process. Save a "foo.txt" and you'll see where that is,
or you'll get an error msg since it's very likely unwritable on Unix.

..In case anyone else was wondering the same thing.
g.

[Malhar Barai]

MultipartRequest mpRequest = new MultipartRequest(request,"/images");

dear
what i can think is MultipartRequest doesnt hv a constructor with 2 arguments viz. (Request,PATH), make such a contstructor in Java file & then try using it...
HTH
malhar

[Garann Means]

Malhar,
Check the JavaDoc. The first constructor is

MultipartRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, java.lang.String saveDirectory)
Constructs a new MultipartRequest to handle the specified request, saving any uploaded files to the given directory, and limiting the upload size to 1 Megabyte.

Thanks anyway.
g.