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Get Working directory in JSP

Hi all,

I have multiple JSP's and each one sits in a different directory with various images and such. My JSP outputs the contents of the directory along with some other information. Right now this only works if I hard code the directory path in the JSP.

I need to be able to have the path to the current working direcotry dynamically generated by the JSP. Is there a way to do this?

rrz

Is this what you want ?
<%
String pathToJsp = application.getRealPath(request.getServletPath());
File jspFile = new File(pathToJsp);
String parentPath = jspFile.getParent();
%>
<%=parentPath%>

mookie13

ASKER

Not exactly. This gives me the full path on the web server. In other words, it's returning this:

c:\WebSites\resin-3.0.18\websites\ROOT\folder1

I'm only looking for the directory relative to the site root. So I want it to return:

/folder1

or

/folder2 (depending on where this JSP is living.)

So I can build the link to the file:

/folder1/myImage.jpg

Right now it's doing this:

c:\WebSites\resin-3.0.18\websites\ROOT\folder1\myImage.jpg (which, of course, breaks.)

Thanks for your time in helping!!!

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Tol_cv

i think you can use something like:

<%
String path = request.getContextPath();
%>

mookie13

ASKER

I do believe this works now!! Yay! Thank you!!

rrz

Your welcome, if you are talking to me. rrz