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Location for uploaded files in Tomcat
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Tony Walters
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I'm uploading some files to Tomcat via a webapp. I was surprised to find the default location was to store uploaded files in the bin directory. Is there a uploaded file location specified for all J2EE-compliant JPS/Servlet containers, and how do I get it?
Advice gratefully received.
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William Brogden
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If you are saving files in a way that depends on the "current" directory, there is no way of telling where they will end up. You must use code that controls the complete file path.
Bill
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Tony Walters
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If I do that, the system won't be portable to another app server, or another computer. At the very least this system will at some point be on a production server, rather than a dev one.
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William Brogden
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1. you can make the path to the file storage directory a configurable parameter in web.xml with init-param tags. Convenient for user configuration.
2. you can make the path an environment variable
3. you can make the path relative to the web app installation - see ServleContext.getRealPath()
4. etc. plenty of other possibilities.....
Bill
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