FileNotFoundException from Servlet

[Ajai]

Hi All,

I am trying to access a PDF file on shared windows folder from a servlet running on UNIX server.
The path seems to be correct x:\shared\x.pdf
but when servlet tries to access this file it throws FileNOtFoundException even though file is there..
Any suggestions.
Thanks

[David O'Meara]

If the servlet is running on a Unix server, what does x:/ mean? ie how is the servlet going to find the PDF given this information?

[Ulf Dittmer]

The jCIFS library (jcifs.samba.org) can access Windows shares, and has an interface exactly like java.io.File, so it's rather easy to use.

[Ajai]

Thanks for the replies.

David ,

Just trying to share my problem again.

I want to read a file on window share from servlet running on app server.
Is it possible ?

Thanks

[Roman Tomachinsky]

Did you try using Microsoft Windows UNC path name, like \\computer\shared\x.pdf?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Did you actually read and consider the replies you got? David is spot on: the server can't possibly know what "x:\shared\x.pdf" is, because that path has meaning only locally on the Windows machine. That's why you need to use jCIFS.