File.Separator in Properties

Question

I am using java.util.Properties. However, it cannot read File.separator inside the config file.

As an example, I add this line to the config file. source.dir = D:/workspace/Temp1\Temp2 (Note that File.separator is used to separate Temp1 and Temp2)

The below line is used to load propertis:

 Properties properties = new Properties ();
 properties.load(new FileInputStream("configFileAddress"));

The result is: source.dir = D:/workspace/Temp1Temp2 (File.Separator is removed).

Any one knows, how can I fix that?

Why are you using a mixture of forward and back slashes in your file path? — khelwood, Jul 19 '15 at 20:33
The first part is loaded from a file (and it is assume it is correct for different os). The second part is created by my program and I used File.Separator to work with different OS. — Nihamata Fashoti, Jul 19 '15 at 20:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '15 at 20:34

Replace:

 source.dir = D:/workspace/Temp1\Temp2

To:

source.dir = D:\\workspace\\Temp1\\Temp2

This field is initialized to contain the first character of the value of the system property file.separator. On UNIX systems the value of this field is '/'; on Microsoft Windows systems it is '\'.

File.Separator in Properties

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