How to get the current working directory in Java?

Question

I want to access my current working directory using java.

My code :

 String current = new java.io.File( \".\" ).getCanonicalPath();
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Answer 1

See: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/pathOps.html

Using java.nio.file.Path and java.nio.file.Paths, you can do the following to show what Java thinks is your current path. This for 7 and on, and uses NIO.

Path currentRelativePath = Paths.get("");
String s = currentRelativePath.toAbsolutePath().toString();
System.out.println("Current relative path is: " + s);

This outputs Current relative path is: /Users/george/NetBeansProjects/Tutorials that in my case is where I ran the class from. Constructing paths in a relative way, by not using a leading separator to indicate you are constructing an absolute path, will use this relative path as the starting point.