how to get full path name from realtive path

hi....
i have made a java program, which is called inside a shell script.
Now the filename is to be supppiled as a command line argument to shell like

Code :

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./nsdnet.sh ./nsdnet_file.csv

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what i want is , this command line name should be interpreted as full path by the java code
like /dialp/Release/bin

and if we write
as

Code :

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./nsdnet.sh ../nsdnet_file.csv

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, then the filename should get expand to /dialp/Release/nsdnet_file.csv
is this possible?

plz help
:confused:

Write the Java code to browse everyfile on your pc until it finds it :) then you know the full path or you maybe able to make use of some of linux's search capabilities.

Chris

You can use the getAbsolutePath() method in File.

Doesn't that require you to gave the file object, not the file name...

Chris

Create one then :P

Code :

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File myFile = new File("file.txt");
myFile.getAbsolutePath();

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that would create it in the current directory, not what he is after

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isn't that the point of relative paths? so you don't have to type out the whole current directory?

If you need a different directory (without knowing the complete address before-hand), this link is quite useful.

thanx to all

but i have found the way in unix...