Check if file is in (sub)directory

Question

I would like to check whether an existing file is in a specific directory or a subdirectory of that.

I have two File objects.

File dir;
File file;
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Answer 1

If you plan to works with file and filenames heavly check apache fileutils and filenameutils libraries. Are full of useful (and portale if portability is mamdatory) functions