Including a file in JSP

[Hanna Habashy]

I am trying to include a file in a jsp page. The application is running on linex.

I used:

   <c:import url="/serverName/Announcement/announcement
" /> 

But it is not working.
Any ideas?

[Sebastian Janisch]

Error messages would be helpful ;)

[Hanna Habashy]

Sebastian Janisch wrote:Error messages would be helpful ;)

The error message was file is not found. The file is there, however.

[Sebastian Janisch]

There is a space after the quote sign.
Also, it looks like you are importing a directory and not a file.

[Bear Bibeault]

Please read this.

[David Newton]

Is that path relative to the app?

[Hanna Habashy]

David Newton wrote:Is that path relative to the app?

No, it is an absolute path.

 # <c:import url="/serverName/Announcement/announcement  
# " />      

The "/servername" is a mount point on the app server.

[Hanna Habashy]

Can I provide a absolute path for C:import?

I tried this:

<c:import url="c:/announcement.txt" />

and I got MalformedURLExcption

[Bear Bibeault]

Of course not.

The path need to be relative to the web app root.

[Hanna Habashy]

Bear Bibeault wrote:Of course not.

The path need to be relative to the web app root.

Then, in the jsp page, how can I include a file that is outside the web server?

[Bear Bibeault]

You can't.

If a file is to be included, it needs to be (and should be) a part of the web app.