Specifying relative path

[Sukhdev. Satwalia]

How can specify the relative path of a file in a parent Directory?

[Ben Souther]

The short answer is with ".."
Example:

<img src="../images/myimage.jpg" .../>    

The longer answer:
It's best not to create your relative links this way.
A better alternative is to use the request object's getContextPath method to determine the root of your application. This allows you to move your pages around as needed without having to fix all of the links on them.
Example:

<img src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/images/myimage.jpg" .. />  

or for pre 2.0 containers

<img src="<%=reqeust.getContextPath()%>/images/myimage.jpg" ../>
    

[Sukhdev. Satwalia]

Thanks Ben!
Can you tell me that can we use relative or context relative path with FileReader.

[Ulf Dittmer]

You can, but in a web app you shouldn't. Relative paths imply that there's a well-defined base directory somewhere, and in a web app that's just not the case.

[Ben Souther]

Rather than using FileReader, look at:
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html#getResourceAsStream&40;java.lang.String&41;

[Deepan Devadasan]

[Thread hijack removed. Ask your own questions in new topics rather than taking over someone else's.]
[ January 28, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]