How to get the current working directory in Java

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I want to access my current working directory using java.

My code :

 String current = new java.io.File( "." ).getCanonicalPath();
        System.out.println("Current dir:"+current);
 String currentDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
        System.out.println("Current dir using System:" +currentDir);

Output:

Current dir: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Current dir using System: C:\WINDOWS\system32

My output is not correct because C drive is not my current directory.

How to get the current directory ?

May 28, 2020 in Java by kartik
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Hello,

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/niroj/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.

Thank You!!

answered May 28, 2020 by Niroj
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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.

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