Where is the /html directory relative to the java File objects root? I need to write a File from a servlet to a subdirectory of my html web root.

Answer by: Curtis Vize, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

The directory your Java servlets must run from is:  /html/WEB-INF/classes

You may directly reference the file as:

/html/subdirectory/servlet-write-file

Or

../../subdirectory/servlet-write-file

Both paths accomplish the same duty, the latter backs out of the WEB-INF/classes subdirectories using the ../ directory command.