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Getting the Current Working Directory

The working directory is the location in the file system from where the java command was invoked.
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String curDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");

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11 Mar 2010 - 3:57am by Ramesh (not verified)

good example. usefull one

23 Mar 2010 - 4:57pm by kbeegle (not verified)

This saved me a lot of head-banging. Thank you!

13 Aug 2010 - 10:26pm by UncaAlby (not verified)

God I love the Internet! I found this in 2 minutes, and it would have taken an hour to search thru Java's incomprehensible documentation.

17 Aug 2010 - 5:04am by Trimakus (not verified)

elegant solution!

18 Aug 2010 - 10:39am by justMe (not verified)

Very efficient...thank you!

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