Can't get java to read my file input

Question

I have a program that ask at prompt what the name of your input file will be... something for example like input.txt can be typed and a scanner puts that text "input.txt" into a string called maybe inputs.
The problem I am having is I can not get the scanner to then look at the string and open the file with the same name in the folder and read it.
I not sure if im putting the name correct in the new File so to make it look at "input.txt" and I keep getting Class FileNotFoundException
any ideas?
my code is below
File f = new File(inputs);
Scanner scan = new Scanner( f );
String name = "";
while(scan.hasNextLine()) // as long as there is another line to be read
     String text = scan.nextLine(); // read the first line
     Scanner scan2 = new Scanner(text); // set up a second scanner to process the String we just read in
     if(scan2.hasNext())
          name = scan2.next();
     else
          continue; // go to the next line
     System.out.println(name);
}

Answer 1

Java is likely looking for your file in a location other than where the file is. Do you know where your current user.dir is? Create a small program that does nothing but this:
class Fubar
  public static void main(String[] args)
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
}Edited by: Encephalopathic on Mar 23, 2009 7:10 PM