give servlet permission to create file

[Juha Laiho]

I just called my hosting company, who say I have all the appropriate
access priviledges...

Which I would rather not believe, but they say its true... ....
Here is what my code reads as:

String curDir = application.getRealPath("");
System.out.println(curDir);

File filFile = new File(curDir + "/pleaseWork.txt");

out.println(filFile.getAbsolutePath());

Well, what do you get printed as the current directory? Does it
look like something to which you should have write access?