java property files and the \

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Arinté - 24 Mar 2006 16:42 GMT

We have a property file that list certain directory info.

Ex.
com.xxx.install = c:\windows\whatever

But when we do a load using java.util.Properties the property comes up as
com.xxx.install = c:windowswhatever

How can we get java to not drop the '\'s.

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Boris Gorjan - 24 Mar 2006 17:12 GMT

> We have a property file that list certain directory info.
>
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> How can we get java to not drop the '\'s.

Escape them or use (forward)slashes.

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Roedy Green - 24 Mar 2006 19:36 GMT

>com.xxx.install = c:\windows\whatever
>
>But when we do a load using java.util.Properties the property comes up as
>com.xxx.install = c:windowswhatever
>
>How can we get java to not drop the '\'s.

the easiest way is to use / instead. There is never any need to
fiddle with \ in windows, unless you are displaying filenames to the
user.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/properties.html for the quoting
conventions of Properties files if you want to embed \.

If these seem too onerous, roll you own or use the MultiProperties
class part of the Replicator. see
http://mindprod.com/products1.html#REPLICATOR

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