filesystem mac/windows differences

[stormbind]

Hi,

I have a problem where my java app works on Windows but not Mac. The directory is the same, the files are the same, but on the Mac it says file doesn't exist.

It's a simple text file. There are no problems on Windows, and all related files are in the same directory on a network drive so there is no possibility of there being some overlooked difference between files.

Any suggestions?

--Glen

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[Diancecht]

Harcoded path? Encoding problem? Maybe if you give us more details, error stack traces, code snippets ...

Cheers,
Dian

 

[stormbind]

This is really simple stuff, I do not see how a code snippet helps in the slightest.

BufferedReade temp = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("file.txt"));
// works on windows
// cannot find file on mac

--Glen

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[h0h0h0]

file.txt" doesn't look like a networked drive to me.

If you're passing UNC drive into it i'm not sure that the mac is able to use UNC mnenomic...

 

[sedj]

Add some debug to find out what the process's current working directory is :

File pwd = new File(".");
System.out.println("Current working directory is : " +pwd);

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[Diancecht]

I suspect you're not putting the file in the same place in both environments ...

Cheers,
Dian

 

[stormbind]

It's a shared network drive. There is no oportunity for the files to change.

--Glen

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[Diancecht]

And how do you specifiy that network path?

Cheers,
Dian

 

[sedj]

Have you found out what the current working directory is for that process yet ?

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[stormbind]

Hi sedj,

Add some debug to find out what the process's current working directory is :

File pwd = new File(".");
System.out.println("Current working directory is : " +pwd);

That was a good idea. It prints out:

Current working directory is : .

*shrug*

--Glen

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[Diancecht]

It the file is in a network drive, he must specify a valid path, the file cannot be in the current directory. Unless the program is also executed from a network drive, which I doubt.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[stormbind]

The program is executed from the network drive.

--Glen

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[Diancecht]

Just print:

pwd.getPath();
pwd.getAbsolutePath();
System.getProperty("user.dir");

Cheers,
Dian
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[stormbind]

Thanks Dian,

pwd.getPath(); // prints: filename
pwd.getAbsolutePath(); // prints: /filename
System.getProperty("user.dir"); // prints: /

--Glen

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[h0h0h0]

i wonder if the security is different on the Mac VM.

 

[Diancecht]

I mean with sedj's definition of pwd

Cheers,
Dian

 

[stormbind]

Yes, Dian. It's the same but with a .

--Glen

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[stefanwagner]

Perhaps the filename is coded as "File.txt".

Since windows doesn't really distinguish between upper- and lowercase in filenames, it will probably open a file called "file.txt", even if it shows up as "File.txt".

And I guess MacOs isn't that sloppy about filenames.

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