Changing the current working directory in Java?

Question

How can I change the current working directory from within a Java program? Everything I\'ve been able to find about the issue claims that you simply can\'t do it, but I can\

Answer 1

I have tried to invoke

String oldDir = System.setProperty("user.dir", currdir.getAbsolutePath());

It seems to work. But

File myFile = new File("localpath.ext"); InputStream openit = new FileInputStream(myFile);

throws a FileNotFoundException though

myFile.getAbsolutePath()

shows the correct path. I have read this. I think the problem is:

• Java knows the current directory with the new setting.
• But the file handling is done by the operation system. It does not know the new set current directory, unfortunately.

The solution may be:

File myFile = new File(System.getPropety("user.dir"), "localpath.ext");

It creates a file Object as absolute one with the current directory which is known by the JVM. But that code should be existing in a used class, it needs changing of reused codes.

~~~~JcHartmut