Getting User name for paths

[xael]

Is there a way to get the name of the user for a path? I want to make a program that can create/open/read files on any computer on which the program is run. As far as I know, paths are as follows (for Windows)

C:\Users\[username]\folder\file

but this won't work without the username in question; so how can I get the name of the user running the program so I can use it in a path? Or is there a generic I can use instead?

Thank you.

[xael]

I realize that all backslashes in the code sample should be doubled, my bad

[JosAH]

I realize that all backslashes in the code sample should be doubled, my bad

Yep, and to answer your question: look in the System.getProperties() method; the user name is in there (as well as its 'home' directory)

kind regards,

Jos

[Tolls]

Yep, "user.home" (I think, you'd do well to double check that) will give you the home directory, which seems to be what you want.