Get directory of a file

hi, am programing with java applet, and there's a method getDocumentBase() which returns the full URL. however i just need the directory where the file resides, not the file name. i.e., i want
d:/this/is/the/dir/
instead of
d:/this/is/the/dir/applet.htm
where .htm contains the applet.
any hints pls? thx alot!

sory,
the prob is i want to store some images in another folder rather than the same dir as the html. so for example, the html goes
d:/this/is/html/
then i want images in
d:/this/is/html/images
and now an applet embedded in the html file needs to read those images, so am wondering how to get the url of the html dir, then attach /images to the end of that so as to get the url of all image files.
there is a method getImage(URL, String) which seems to fulfil this need however, that only works if all image files reside in the same dir of the html file.
hope that makes it clear. thx

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Dim vPartHeight As Double, vBZA As String
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vPartWidth = xlc.Offset(0, 5).Value
vPartHeight = xlc.Offset(0, 6).Value
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To install iTunes or QuickTime software, you need to be logged in as an administrator on the computer. If you're not sure if you have administrator account access, you may find this Microsoft article helpful:
Windows 7: How do I log on as an administrator?
Otherwise, refer to the Help documentation from Microsoft, contact your IT department, or visitsupport.microsoft.com for more information.
All the best,
Sterling

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I keep getting the "No such file or directory" error when files really
i did some research online and found nothing yet, can anyone help, this has been happening with new files for like a week. thanks

additional information needed.
solely stating "i hav problemz plz halp" never leads to a solution
read this:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Last edited by robmaloy (2009-04-21 07:16:16)

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Hello Folks,
I prefer to use FTP from the command line but cannot figure out how--after having connected to a remote directory via ftp--to list the total number of files in that directory.
In Unix, I would do this:
% ls | wc -l
But hopefully there is also some way in FTP to do the same--but darned if I know how! I do see that FTP clients such as Transmit have this listing, but maybe that's a feature of the software and not ftp.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/tips.
Doug

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My point is neither telnet or ftp are considered safe or secure anymore because listening to communications is popular, it is referenced in most "wizard" magazines, and usernames and passwords are not encrypted.
Set up your environment first with ssh-keygen. Version 2 is more secure than version 1 if both are still offered. Then use "ssh user@hostname ls | wc -l" to get your number of files. It is simple execution with one command and returns a status.
If you are really looking for a solution using what you are familar with and want to ignore advice concerning security, here is a sample batch script (untested). You can change the filenames, usernames, and hostnames as desired.
rm dir.out 2> /dev/null
echo "user sampleuser samplepw" > script.ftp
echo "dir sampledirectory dir.out" >> script.ftp
echo "quit" >> script.ftp
ftp -n sample.hostname < script.ftp
if [ ! -r dir.out ] # file not created
then
echo login failed
elif [ ! -s dir.out ] # file created but empty
then
echo directory is empty
else
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fi

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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class dir{
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          PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("dir.txt"));
          File file = new File(args[0]);
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These are the file names that are in the directory when I run the program.
L0519013.log
L0331001.log
I have the code out put the file names in a file called dir.txt
after running the program this is what I get in the output file.
[Ljava.io.File;@70ccc4b2
[Ljava.io.File;@70ccc4b2
[Ljava.io.File;@70ccc4b2
Any clue waht this means?
also I am passing in the director as args[0]

if possible as well...
I could not get the FileFilter to work, could not get the syntax down to get it to work when I was initializing it so for the moment it is remed out. all files in the given directory will be of type .log so there really is no need for the FileFilter. But any help on how to include that in the code would be greatly helpful.
Thankxs
Korbin

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Hi ,
How to get the directory where application files exist....????
I have found a way....such as:
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Is there any simpler method to obtain the dir...????
NOTE: I use JDev 10.1.3. on windows XP platform...
Many thanks ,
Simon

hi Simon
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success
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