path problem in java

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I am using net beans for developing my application in windows environment .. I have a xml file in XML folder (under web pages folder) . I am using the following code to read the xml file:

String path=new File("XML/TableNamesAndColumnNames.xml").getAbsolutePath();

but it is giving no file found .. because I am getting the path like -

"C:\Documents and Settings\rajesh\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\ReportOfReuls\XML\TableNamesAndColumnNames.xml"

but if I use reverse slash i.e:

"C:/Documents and Settings/rajesh/MyDocuments/NetBeansProjects/ReportOfReuls/web/XML/TableNamesAndColumnNames.xml"

I am getting the file.. Is the problem of Net Beans or windows ..

please any one suggest how to resolve this problem

Thanks in Advance. Raj

What do you mean by "I am getting the path like"? Please show a short but complete program demonstrating the problem if you can - or at least be clearer about what you're doing. — Jon Skeet
– Jon Skeet, Commented Sep 9, 2011 at 6:01
That should be fine with backslashes if you're running on Windows... how exactly are you using that path afterwards? Really, showing the code would be very helpful. — Jon Skeet
– Jon Skeet, Commented Sep 9, 2011 at 6:07

Vivek Goel · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-09 06:02:30Z

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Raj

both path are different

see

C:\Documents and Settings\rajesh\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\ReportOfReuls\XML\TableNamesAndColumnNames.xml

second one is having extra web folder.

C:/Documents and Settings/rajesh/My Documents/NetBeansProjects/ReportOfReuls/**web**/XML/TableNamesAndColumnNames.xml

and I will suggest if you are using java use

/ for path separator.

as it will work on all os in java.

answered Sep 9, 2011 at 6:02

Vivek Goel

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Jon Skeet Over a year ago

Well spotted - that's almost certainly the problem, although it's not at all clear how the two paths were obtained. Maybe it's a typo - that's the problem with not seeing the code :(

Peter · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-09 06:02:14Z

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\ is used for escape characters like \r is an escape character for carriage return, \n is newline,.... You have to escape your slashes

use \\ in stead of \

not sure that is causes your problem here but might be

answered Sep 9, 2011 at 6:02

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Jon Skeet Over a year ago

You only need to escape them within string literals - here, the strings are being printed out.

Peter Over a year ago

Agreed but original post was rather unclear so just mentioned it

JReyn · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-23 06:54:23Z

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Java has a fix for this built in. You should not be hard coding separators due to platform inconsistencies. PC's and Mac's paths are flipped and if you don't want the paths to break use File.separator instead.

ie:

String I = File.separator;

String filePath = "C:"+ I +"Documents and Settings"+ I +"rajesh"+ I +"My...";

answered Dec 23, 2013 at 6:54

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