jsp can't find file

[Richard Scothern]

Hi all,
I've created a jsp page that takes a parameter (url) which is the string representation of a file location so I can manipulate the file in a custom tag.
I'm finding it impossible to access files stored on the server becuase the default directory seems to be <tomcat install dir>/bin.
So if my GET request looks like this:
.../jsp/phone.jsp?url=index.wml
I am catching a FileNotFoundException which thinks the file is in
c:/java/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/bin/index.wml
when the file is actually in the same directory as phone.jsp
Is there something I can do to change the default directory, perhaps within server.xml? I'm running tomcat 3.2.3 on Windows 2000.
Thanks,
Richard

[Bear Bibeault]

If you know the relative to path to the file (which I am assuming since you know it's in the same folder as one of your JSPs), you can use the getRealPath() method from ServletContext to get the absolute path of the file in the filesystem.
hth,
bear

[Richard Scothern]

I know the relative path of the file, but I'm doing stuff with the file in a JSP custom tag.
How do I get the ServletContext from this page.
Thanks,
Richard

[Bear Bibeault]

pageContext.getServletContext()

[Richard Scothern]

Ah! Thanks for your help, Bear. I figured out the last answer about 10 minutes after I made the post, lazyness on my part.
Richard