In this post, we will see how to get current working directory in java.
There are four ways to do it.
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There are four ways to do it.
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Using property user.dir
We can use System.getProperty(“user.dir”) to get current working directory path.
package org.arpit.java2blog;
/*
* @Author Arpit Mandliya
*/
public class getCurretWorkingDirectoryMain {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("--------------");
String currentWorkingDirectory;
currentWorkingDirectory = System.getProperty("user.dir");
System.out.println("Current working directory is : "+currentWorkingDirectory);
System.out.println("--------------");
}
}
When I ran above program, I got below output:
Current working directory is : /Users/Arpit/workspaceBlogFeb/GetCurrentWorkingDir
Using getAbsolutePath()
We can use file.getAbos
package org.arpit.java2blog;
import java.io.File;
/*
* @Author Arpit Mandliya
*/
public class getCurretWorkingDirectoryMain {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("--------------");
String currentWorkingDirectory="";
// . denotes current working directory
File file=new File(".");
currentWorkingDirectory=file.getAbsolutePath();
System.out.println("Current working directory is : "+currentWorkingDirectory);
System.out.println("--------------");
}
}
When I ran above program, I got below output:
Current working directory is : /Users/Arpit/workspaceBlogFeb/GetCurrentWorkingDir/.
Using Paths.get() (Java 7+)
You can use Paths.get("") method get current working directory in java.
package org.arpit.java2blog;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
/*
* @Author Arpit Mandliya
*/
public class getCurretWorkingDirectoryMain {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String currentWorkingDirectory;
System.out.println("--------------");
Path currentRelativePath = Paths.get("");
String s = currentRelativePath.toAbsolutePath().toString();
currentWorkingDirectory=s.toString();
System.out.println("Current working directory is : "+currentWorkingDirectory);
System.out.println("--------------");
}
}
When I ran above program, I got below output:
Current working directory is : /Users/Arpit/workspaceBlogFeb/GetCurrentWorkingDir/
Using FileSystems.getDefault() (Java 7+)
You can use FileSystem.getDefault() method get current working directory in java.
package org.arpit.java2blog;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Path;
/*
* @Author Arpit Mandliya
*/
public class getCurretWorkingDirectoryMain {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String currentWorkingDirectory;
System.out.println("--------------");
Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("").toAbsolutePath();
currentWorkingDirectory=path.toString();
System.out.println("Current working directory is : "+currentWorkingDirectory);
System.out.println("--------------");
}
}
When I ran above program, I got below output:
Current working directory is : /Users/Arpit/workspaceBlogFeb/GetCurrentWorkingDir/
That’s all about how to get current working directory in java.
