How to get the real path of Java application at runtime?

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Sameek Mishra picture Sameek Mishra · Oct 27, 2010 · Viewed 172.4k times · Source

I am creating a Java application where I am using log4j. I have given the absolute path of configuration log4j file and also an absolute path of generated log file(where this log file are generated). I can get the absolute path of a Java web application at run time via:

String prefix =  getServletContext().getRealPath("/");

but in the context of a normal Java application, what can we use?

Answer

Qwerky picture Qwerky · Oct 27, 2010

Try;

String path = new File(".").getCanonicalPath();

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