How to set path to file

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I'm making simple program that saves everything from JTextArea to file. So i would like to know how to set path that would fit to any user that uses this program. example: C:\User\Any User\Desktop\file.txt

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1503555/how-to-find-my-documents-folder — ug_, Oct 28 '14 at 16:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '14 at 17:07

You can use the system property "user.home" in order to get the user's directory, and then search the Desktop directory.

File path = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), "Desktop\file.txt");

Be carefully, because this code just will work in Windows. In a *ux system you maybe will don`t have any Desktop directory in the user's directory.

How to set path to file

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