createNewFile() on linux hosting

[Danilo Cosenza]

Nice to meet you.
I've a strange problem while creating a simple 'hello.txt' in a jsp page.
Here the code:

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String fileName=getServletContext().getRealPath("hello.txt");	
File file=new File(fileName);
file.createNewFile();

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I obtain no errors but 'hello.txt' doesn't exists on my linux remote server (Tomcat 6.0 - container).

Any suggestion?
Thanks a lot

Dany

[Bear Bibeault]

Ignoring the fact that you shouldn't be putting Java code in a JSP page...

"hello.txt" is a relative file path which makes no sense in the context of a web app.

Where in the file hierarchy do you want it to go? For example, "/hello.txt" will place it at the root of the web app context.

[Bear Bibeault]

"dani dani", please check your private messages for an important administrative matter.

[Danilo Cosenza]

Bear Bibeault wrote:Ignoring the fact that you shouldn't be putting Java code in a JSP page...

"hello.txt" is a relative file path which makes no sense in the context of a web app.

Where in the file hierarchy do you want it to go? For example, "/hello.txt" will place it at the root of the web app context.

Thanks Bear.
Doesn't work too (tested some hours ago).
It's possible i've not a permission to write files in the root of my webapp?
When i tested this function on my locale pc (windows - tomcat 6.0), all works fine.

[Venkat Sadasivam]

If permission is not an issue print your fileName value in your log so that you can find the cause of the issue.

[Danilo Cosenza]

Venkat Sadasivam wrote:If permission is not an issue print your fileName value in your log so that you can find the cause of the issue.

Thanks for reply.
I'm not able to do that.
I've tried to store an exel file on server using Apache Poi.

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HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook();

/* manipulate it */

/* store it on remote server */
String fileName=getServletContext().getRealPath("/test.xls");
FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(fileName);
wb.write(fileOut);

...
...

test.xls doesn't appear in /var/www/html but no errors occurred.

[Danilo Cosenza]

SOLVED

By clicking on html folder on server, i'v changed the permission to write on it.
All works fine and an excel file is visible.