Code to delete file on Windows and Unix safely

[Jefhandle]

Hi
I have a JAVA SE Code which delete a file on the file system
under windows.
I need to get the path and file name separately. Therefore do something like this and I get them:
String path = C:\\a\\b\\file.xml
String newPath= path.substring(lastIndexOf("\\"));
String fileName=path.substring(lastIndexOf("\\"),path.length() );

Question:
How should I change the code , that works on Unix systems too
As You know on linux is the separator not "\" and which issues I should consider to delete safely on file system??
Thanks for your help

 

[TonHu]

A few rules:
- Do not use drive letters, as Linux doesn't have that
- Use / instead of \, as Windows fully supports that from all NT based versions and up (NT, 2000, XP, Vista, W7, Server 2003 and Server 2008)
- Getting the filename from a path should be done using like this (found in the web):

String path = "C:/Programfiles/hello/abc.txt";
String fileName = new File(path).getName();

 

[Diancecht]

You can use the pathSeparator field of String class.

What do you mean with safely?

Cheers,
Dian