Hi Check thie URL https://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/ExternalDirectories;jsessionid=82E8B... with regards KArthik -----Original Message----- From: jboss-user-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:jboss-user-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of sdein Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:06 PM To: jboss-user(a)lists.jboss.org Subject: [jboss-user] [Beginners Corner] - reading a file stored outside the .war hi, we are developing a servlet here that will read the content of a couple of files and outputs binary data. rather than storing our base-files in a database (which would be quite slow, given the size of our files) or putting them in the .war (which would prevent us from later adding files short of rebuilding/redeploying) we want to store them in a local folder of the system where our jboss-instance runs and open them as files via FileInputStream: o) where would be the "proper" directory to store those files? o) is there a "proper way" to do this (obvious extensions will be a file-upload/management servlet as a next step)? thanks for any help that can point us into the right direction! cheers, s View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4250446#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a... _______________________________________________ jboss-user mailing list jboss-user(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/jboss-user