Java.io.File.getCanonicalPath() Method

Description

The java.io.File.getCanonicalPath() method returns the canonical pathname string of this abstract pathname. This method removes redundant names such as "." and ".." from the pathname

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.File.getCanonicalPath() method:

public String getCanonicalPath()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

The method returns the canonical pathname string

Exception

• IOException -- if an I/O error occurs

• SecurityException -- if a system property value can not be accessed.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.File.getCanonicalPath() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.File;

public class FileDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      
      File f = null;
      String path = "";
      boolean bool = false;
      
      try{
         // create new files
         f = new File("C:\\Program Files\\..\\test.txt");
         
         // create new canonical form file object
         path = f.getCanonicalPath();
         
         // if the file path exists
         bool = f.exists();
         
         // if file exists
         if(bool)
         {
            // prints
            System.out.print(path+" Exists? "+ bool);
         }
         
      }catch(Exception e){
         // if any error occurs
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

C:\test.txt Exists? true