RE: How do I get the absolute path of a file in a directory above WEB-INF directory of my web application?

[Madhava Reddy <Ma...@icon-scm.com>]

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From: Holger Klawitter [mailto:holger@klawitter.de]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:00 AM
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Subject: Re: How do I get the absolute path of a file in a directory
above WEB-INF directory of my web application?


> 	java.io.File dir1 = new java.io.File ("..\\"); // line 1

new java.io.File( ".." + File.separator ) would be a somewhat cleaner.

yes that's better.

more over, we can use suitabe seperators depending on the operating system.
I guess for Unix system this must be a forward slash "/". I'm not sure
whether its "/" or "//"

Madhava Reddy

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OT: on File.separator (was: How do I get the absolute path ...)

[Holger Klawitter <li...@klawitter.de>]

Hai,

> > 	java.io.File dir1 = new java.io.File ("..\\"); // line 1
> new java.io.File( ".." + File.separator ) would be a somewhat cleaner.
> more over, we can use suitabe seperators depending on the operating system.

File.separator already gives you the Separator for the current OS.

> I guess for Unix system this must be a forward slash "/". I'm not sure
> whether its "/" or "//"

You know why you have to type "\\" instead of "\" in Java, don't you? ;-)

Regards,
	Holger


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