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I need to create a configuration file in ~/.config/myapp.cfg So I am doing this with File:
File f; f = new File("~/.config/gfgd.gfgdf"); if(!f.exists()){ f.createNewFile(); } The problem is, that it tell me, that directory doesn't exist and something like this.
java.io.IOException: Not such file or directory at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) I tried changing path to something like /home/user and it worked. So i managed to make a conclusion, that java doesn't know what ~/ means and what a punct(.) before foldername means too, because /home/user/.config doesn not work aswell.
What should I do?
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To navigate to your home directory, use "cd" or "cd ~" To navigate up one directory level, use "cd .." To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use "cd -" To navigate through multiple levels of directory at once, specify the full directory path that you want to go to.
Find User's Home Directory Using Cd Command Executing the cd (change directory) command alone should take you to the home directory of the current Linux user.
A home directory is the directory or folder commonly given to a user on a network or Unix or Linux variant operating system. With the home directory the user can store all their personal information, files, login scripts, and user information.
On Linux it's often /home/user. However, on some OS's, like OpenSolaris for example, the path is /export/home/user.
The ~ notation is a shell thing. Read up on shell expansion.
Java doesn't understand this notation. To get hold of the home directory, get the system property with key user.home:
String home = System.getProperty("user.home"); File f = new File(home + "/.config/gfgd.gfgdf"); (As a bonus, it will work on windows machines too ;-)
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