Using FileWriter in Tomcat 1

[tdion]

One of my JSPs writes a file. My declaration is...

FileWriter fw = new FileWriter("report.xls");

The file get created in the bin folder of Tomcat and not the folder where my JSPs are. Does anyone know how to control where new files are created?

 

[byam]

File webroot = new File(session.getServletContext().getRealPath("/"));

this give you the file directory for your web root. You can start from there to go where you want.

e.g. to place the output file in <webroot>/report/report.xls, you can do:

FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(new File(webroot, "report/report.xls"));