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Asked: 2026-05-31T06:56:14+00:00

I have an initialization file (initialize.java) that pulls in data from fileInput.txt using a

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I have an initialization file (initialize.java) that pulls in data from fileInput.txt using a fileInputStream, but both of them are in different directories.

Project/library/initialize.java
Project/resources/text/fileInput.txt

my code in initialize.java is:

FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("/resources/text/fileInput.txt");

But the file cannot be read. I’ve also tried 

FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("./resources/text/fileInput.txt");

But that didn’t work too.

How can I access the txt file and what’s the difference between using “./resources” and “/resources”?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The difference is huge. On linux/unix/macos the path starting with / starts from root directory. The path starting with ./ or without starting from current application directory. Call

    System.out.println(new File("."). getAbsolutePath()) to check where you are?

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