System cannot find path specified in a jar

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I'm trying to make a jar file but i keep getting "The system cannot find the path specified" from a resource.I only get the error when I launch it from a runnable jar file but not from an IDE.here are the lines of code that won't run on a a jar file.

File file = new File("src/scores/scores.txt");
PrintWriter b = new PrintWriter(file);

Posted 20-Jun-13 9:52am

coder_maniac512

Updated 20-Jun-13 20:39pm

Rajesh Anuhya

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Richard C Bishop 20-Jun-13 16:32pm

You probably need the fully qualified path to the file.

coder_maniac512 20-Jun-13 16:36pm

how would i do that? Sorry im quite new to java

Richard C Bishop 20-Jun-13 16:56pm

That just means to make sure your file path goes all the way to the root. Say C: or whatever drive you are using.

H.Brydon 21-Jun-13 19:13pm

Your code looks like it is for linux/unix. You probably want "/src/scores/scores.txt" instead of "src/scores/scores.txt" as file spec.

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Shubhashish_Mandal · Answer 1 · 2013-06-20T20:33:00

Solution 1

Try this

Java

public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)

to read the resource inside the jar.

For more Info Click here.

For example click here.

Posted 20-Jun-13 20:33pm

Shubhashish_Mandal