[SOLVED] Best File Location to put a file that I need to read and write to on linux

Issue

In my code, I read and write to a file called "Global Bookings ID.txt".

And when I run the code in a Windows environment on Netbeans IDE, it works just fine.

BufferedReader GBIread = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(
                new File("resources\\GlobalBookingID.txt")));

Here "resources" is parallel to the src folder as seen:

But keeping the code and file path the same in Linux:

The code can not find the file. Below is how I compile and run the code

[cst2550@localhost src] javac cst2550CW/GymServer.java
[cst2550@localhost src] java cst2550CW/GymServer

Also it did occur to me to change the file path from "resources\GlobalBookingID.txt" to "resources/GlobalBookingID.txt" to account for the different way Linux handles files. but it still does not work.

What's going wrong?

Solution

The first thing you want to avoid when writing portable software is \\ as a separator in file paths. Use java.io.File.separatorChar instead.

Answered By - Stephan Herrmann

Answer Checked By - Terry (WPSolving Volunteer)