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Trying to use System.getProperty("user.home/myfile.txt")

System.getProperty("user.home/myfile.txt")

getting NullPointerExceptionNullPointerException

Using String path String("/Users/user/myfile.txt")

 String("/Users/user/myfile.txt")

everything works well.

Need universal way of files location. Not everyone have the same path :)

I'm on MacOSX 10.11. java 8

Thanks

Trying to use System.getProperty("user.home/myfile.txt") getting NullPointerException

Using String path String("/Users/user/myfile.txt") everything works well.

Need universal way of files location. Not everyone have the same path :)

I'm on MacOSX 10.11. java 8

Thanks

Trying to use

System.getProperty("user.home/myfile.txt")

getting NullPointerException

Using String path

 String("/Users/user/myfile.txt")

everything works well.

Need universal way of files location. Not everyone have the same path :)

I'm on MacOSX 10.11. java 8

Thanks

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asked Oct 26, 2015 at 12:56

How to determine String file location path in Java

Trying to use System.getProperty("user.home/myfile.txt") getting NullPointerException

Using String path String("/Users/user/myfile.txt") everything works well.

Need universal way of files location. Not everyone have the same path :)

I'm on MacOSX 10.11. java 8

Thanks

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