Re: Default directory.

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:56:39 -0400
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RedGrittyBrick wrote:

Arne VajhHj wrote:

RedGrittyBrick wrote:

Bumsys@gmail.com wrote:

Can I change default directory in program?


No, AFAIK you can't change the default directory used by the JVM.

You can convert relative paths to absolute, work with absolute paths,
use System.getProperties("user.home") or have your program maintain
it's own currentDefaultDirectory variable.


You mean System.getProperty("user.dir") or
System.getProperties().getProperty("user.dir") ??


Er yes, either are useful but "user.dir" is closer to what the OP
requested.

I think of "user.dir" as some arbitrary location that changes depending
on how the program was invoked and therefore is probably not a good
place to, for example, read or write files containing application or
user specific settings or data. Hence "user.home". Since I don't know
the OP's intent this may be irrelevant.


Yes - home dir or location of code would probably be better
than default dir.

Arne

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