Where will be create a new file in java, when path is not given?

Question

In java,

File f;
f = new File("myfile.txt");
if (!f.exists()) 
{
    f.createNewFile();
}

when excute the above code,which path is assigned in default, while specific path is not given?

Did you try executing it and see? – vpram86 Feb 25 '10 at 09:51 — vpram86, Feb 25 '10 at 09:51

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '10 at 09:54

4

The current directory, which you can get by calling:

new File('.').getCanonicalPath();

answered Feb 25 '10 at 09:54

Chinmay Kanchi

getAbsolutePath() may give a friendlier result on unix systems as getCanonicalPath() resolves symlinks... this may give odd results such as converting /home/me to an odd path such as: /mnt/server/dsk/homedirs/m/mydir – RedPandaCurios Feb 25 '10 at 10:06
Fair enough. Though for most/all purposes, it shouldn't matter if you're using the canonical or absolute path. – Chinmay Kanchi Feb 25 '10 at 14:55

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '10 at 09:52

2

The current directory.

answered Feb 25 '10 at 09:52

RedPandaCurios

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '10 at 09:53

2

The current directory. Apparently System.getProperty("user.dir") can get this for you.

answered Feb 25 '10 at 09:53

1

Just as a somewhat unrelated warning: don't try to set that property, it will behave strangely ;-) – Joachim Sauer Feb 25 '10 at 09:56

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