Generate file in same directory as current running process

Question

Hi all:
I basically have a batch file in a particular directory that runs a Java program. Within the program, I am doing this:
//generate contact server file
String contactServer = "Testing...";
BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("contactServer.txt"));
bw.write(contactServer, 0, contactServer.length());
bw.close();Now, what I would expect is that it would be generated in the same directory as the process that is running. However, when I do a search, it ends up in C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\My Recent Documents.
How can I specify to generate it in the same directory as the current running process?

Answer 1

Now, what I would expect is that it would begenerated in the same directory as the process that is
running. However, when I do a search, it ends up inC:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\My Recent
Documents.let say your batch file is in
C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\
and you run from
C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\
and your application is in
C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\My Recent Documents.
so..when you run the bat file, is output file created
in
C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\
or
C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\My Recent Documents.
it should be created in C:\Documents and
Settings\Leonard\
unless you create a shortcut to the batch file (which
is located in "C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\My
Recent Documents." and move the shortcaut batch file
to "C:\Documents and Settings\Leonard\"...than the
output file will be created in C:\Documents and
Settings\Leonard\My Recent Documents.
make sure the batch file is not a shortcut to the
original batch file. the file will be created
wherever the batch (original) file is reside in"
Jesus man, thank you so much. Just like you suggested, when I actually used the batch file itself instead of the shortcut, everything worked out fine.
So, any suggestions on how to get it to generate in the same directory as the target of the shortcut, not the shortcut itself?