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Article #9788Re: finding the application path
From: John P. McGrath
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 00:00
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:08:47 +0500, Khurram Shakir wrote:
> use
> File f = new File(".");
> String path = f.getPath();
This returns the user directory, not the "application directory".
This may be the same in some environments, depending on how you invoke
your application, but nothing in Java says it will be the same.
A simpler equivalent would be:
String path = System.getProperty( "user.dir" );
Of course, all of this assumes that your application is stored in a file,
which is also not necessarily true as far as Java is concerned.
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John P. McGrath
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