how to use local project files with local paths

Question

I have a simple java project in intellij idea, I want to create a BufferedReader object from a local file in my project with local path to it, like this:

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("/LOCAL/PATH/TO/PRIMES.TXT"));

but I'm getting an error saying "no such file or directory" when I try with some local paths like:

/resources/primes.txt or  
/primes.txt or  
primes.txt

my file is located in src/resources/primes.txt
how should I fix this?

The local path need to be absolute, something like `c:/foo/` (windows) or `/usr/share/foo` (linux). You most likely need a resource from classpath here. — , Jan 29 '14 at 08:52
see also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15281428/java-relative-path-of-text-file-in-main — , Jan 29 '14 at 08:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '14 at 08:54

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Files location start from project home. For example if the file in you can access it as String fromFileName = "_ART7020.JPG";. So all path will be started from here in IntelliJ.

answered Jan 29 '14 at 08:54

Ashot Karakhanyan

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thetheodor · Answer 2 · 2014-01-29T10:04:01.487

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You could create a folder in your project, call it res or something like that. Put it in your project, not in src. Then when you want to access a txt file for example, you should do this :

new File("./res/TEXT.txt");

edited Jan 29 '14 at 10:04

answered Jan 29 '14 at 08:54

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 29 '14 at 09:17

you can use it like this:

import java.io.*;

public class test{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("/localpath/localFile.txt")));
    String b=null;
    while ((b=br.readLine())!=null){
        System.out.println(b);
    }
}
}

how to use local project files with local paths

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