How to get absolute path of current directory?

Hi, everyone!
I want to get the absolute path of current directory.
Are there some APIs that I can use?
Thanks in advance,
George

Hi, dheeraj_tak buddie!
What do you mean in your reply?
"in File class u have all this methods for getting absolute path "regards,
George

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