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Koray Tugay
Koray Tugay

Reputation: 23780

Java relative path for a Folder, not working with File

I am using a Mac and I am new to it. Here is my question:

There is a folder that I require to include as a File object in Java. When I try this:

File firefoxProfileFolder = new File("/Users/prime/work/dmall/selenium/src/test/resources/firefoxprofile");

It works fine. This code is located in file: /Users/prime/work/dmall/selenium/src/test/java/com/dmall/utils/WebUtil.java

But when I try this:

File firefoxProfileFolder = new File("../../../../resources/firefoxprofile");

I can not load the folder. So the relative path from this file to that folder seems not to work. So what should I do? What is it I am doing wrong?

I require to use the relative path because this code will be run from the server, on which I have no idea what the absoulte path will be.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6223

Answers (4)

redc0w
redc0w

Reputation: 101

You could use firefoxProfileFolder.getCanonicalPath() and check if it is the same path as String s = new File("/Users/prime/work/dmall/selenium/src/test/resources/firefoxprofile").getCanonicalPath();
If it isn't the same path, your relative path is false...

Upvotes: 3

Gavin Xiong
Gavin Xiong

Reputation: 977

You can obtain the directory at runtime:

URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("relative to/classpath/resources/firefoxprofile");
File file = new File(url.getFile()); // the directory
....

Upvotes: 2

Andrey Atapin
Andrey Atapin

Reputation: 7945

You actually need to use directory path considering current directory of the launcher script. I.e. your root directory is this script's directory.

Upvotes: 2

Andremoniy
Andremoniy

Reputation: 34900

It is most likely, that you have made a mistake in relative path. It should work.

For checking this, you can create new test directory using new File('testDir').mkdirs() and see - where Java will create this directory. Will it be in the expected place or somewhere else?

Upvotes: 3

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