Re: Since when FileReader needs absolute pathes in the constructor?

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From: John McGrath [TeamB]
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 07:34

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On 1/5/2005 at 11:37:50 AM, Zoran Pjevic wrote:

> On Solaris the following snippet worked fine with Java 1.4.1-b21 with
> relative pathnames given in the filename (ie.  filename =
> "../blabla/xy/myfile")
    :
> With Java 1.4.2_01-b06 the same code throws the FileNotFoundException
> with a relative pathname.
> 
> With an absolute pathname it is still fine, but I need it with
> relative pathnames.

AFAIK, relative path names have worked pretty much the same since the
earliest versions of Java.  The thing that seems most likely to have
changed is the directory used to resolve the relative paths, which can
change depending on how the program is launched.  What mechanism are you
using to launch the programs?

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Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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