Platform dependent File Path....

[sanjayksaini]

Hi All
i m stuck with this problem:
In my application there is one path for the folder where resultlog is to be stored.it's like--C:\Application\SchedulerApi\Api\results\

Now when the user installs the application,its not neccessary that he has
c:\ as base directory.so what can i do to make this work with any base directory,say d:\ or e:\ or whatever...

any help please..................
thanks in advance..

[Eranga]

Without selecting the base directory, how can you define the path? there should be a logic in your application to select the base directory.

[sanjayksaini]

thanks for the reply Eranga,but my problem is that its an automation Framework of java and i have specified the location myself where 'ResultLog' has to be stored:
If the client installs this application in C:\ the path of result file should be :
C:\Application\SchedulerApi\Api\results\

If the client installs this application in D:\ the path of the result file should be :
C:\Application\SchedulerApi\Api\results\

Now if i could know in which drive the client has installed the application,then it would solve my problem...
plz help!!!!

[Eranga]

So why are you stuck on that. What ever the path client define, use the hard-coded path you want on the C:\ drive. I didn't see any difficulties there.

[DevzAbhi]

Ask the client to set an env. variable

YOUR_APPLICATION_HOME
to xxx:\Application\

you can access this variable at run time

and append the rest of the path.

[Nicholas Jordan]

File.listRoots() then have customer select drive letter, then do StringBuffer.append("\\Application\\SchedulerApi\\ Api\\results\\");

[CJSLMAN]

Eranga, I think the OP made a mistake and meant the following:

If the client installs this application in D:\ the path of the result file should be :
D:\Application\SchedulerApi\Api\results\

sanjayksaini, please correct me if I'm mistaken.

Luck,
CJSL

[Eranga]

Is it? I've not get that point clearly. I thought what ever the drive choose by the user, the path should on C:.