Java is creating file in tomcat bin folder

Question

I have written a java program in which I am creating a file.

BufferedWriter writer = 
    new BufferedWriter(
        new OutputStreamWriter(
            new FileOutputStream("myfile.txt"))

It is creating the file in the current folder (my project folder). Till here everything is perfect. Now I have designed a servlet and call this class. The file is now getting created in the tomcat bin folder. Do I need to make any changes to classpath or server.xml or context.xml in tomcat?

Refer this stackoverflow.com/questions/19972243/…

vishal patel
– vishal patel

2015-03-10 18:32:07 +00:00
Commented Mar 10, 2015 at 18:32 — vishal patel
– vishal patel, Commented Mar 10, 2015 at 18:32

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:22:17Z

1

CAUSE:

Your program is creating a new file in the "current working directory".

Since it's a servlet running inside of Tomcat, the "current directory" happens to be Tomcat's "bin" directory.

SUGGESTIONS:

If possible, use a fully qualified path ("/tmp/myfile.text")
You can also write your file relative to getServletContext():

How to store a file on a server(web container) through a Java EE web application?

You can use a relative path, and parameterize either that path in a properties file (WEB-INF\myprog.properties) or JVM parameter (-D filepath=/my/file/path).

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:22

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answered Mar 10, 2015 at 18:31

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