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pathnames that are valid for all platforms on which the application will run. For ex-
ample,insteadofhard-codingadrivespecifier(suchasC:)inapathname,usetheroots
that are returned from
listRoots()
. Even better, keep your pathnames relative to
the current user/working directory (returned from the
user.dir
system property).
Afterobtaininga
File
object,youcaninterrogateittolearnaboutitsstoredabstract
pathname by calling the methods that are described in
Table 8-1
.
