Why tomcat 8 required / at the beginning of ServletContext.getRealPath()

Asked Mar 16 '17 at 10:45

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If I use this **

servletContext.getRealPath(""resources/images/video_icon.png")

** It doesn't work in tomcat 8 but just adding the / at the beginning it works fine in tomcat 8.

So I just want to know why tomcat 8 is doing this. If tomcat guys has changed the behaviour so there might be some reason behind this.

Any comment guys ?

asked Mar 16 '17 at 10:45

user1061865

On windows is changed, i have the same problem. – Milaci Mar 16 '17 at 10:46
this may help.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12160639/what-does-servletcontext-getrealpath-mean-and-when-should-i-use-it – Shadab Faiz Mar 16 '17 at 11:13

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