title: How to read file from outside web content directory
body: <p>I have the following scriptlet inside a JSP page. </p>
  
  <pre><code>  File f = new File("//WEB-INF//music//rock//Evanascence//Fallen//text.txt");
    FileReader fr = new FileReader(f);
    out.println(f.exists());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm getting a </p>
  
  <p><code>FileNotFoundException: \\WEB-INF\music\rock\Evanascence\Fallen\text.txt (The network path was not found)</code></p>