Problem reading '\' character through Properties class

Question

Hi,
I have to read a properties file which is like the following
home=c:\java
But when i read it back, it giving me like c:java. I know that '\' is a escape sequence char, cut how can I deal with it? Because my program requires to store paths in the java properties file and I can't store them as "c:\\java" so when I read it, I'll get back as "c:\java".
I have done a sample code to explain my problem, please have a lot at it.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;
public class BackSlashProblem {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          Properties properties = new Properties();
          try {
               properties.load(new FileInputStream(new File("." + File.separator + "myprops.properties")));
          } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          System.out.println(properties.getProperty("home")); // Here it's returning back as c:java, where as I want
                                            // it the way I stored it, i.e., c:\java. How can
                                            // I get it that way.
}Thank you very much.
Srikanth.

Answer 1

Thank you all,
I have to convert "\" as "\\" while storing cosI
am
not storing it using Properties.store() method.Is there any reason why you can't use it?Sorry for replying very very late. My internet
connection was shortly disconnected and I couldn't
reply back. My application does something very
different than the sample program I sent. I sent the
sample program to just recreate the problem outside
of my application, and I sent to provide a workable
code so that the other people in the forums can take
a look at my problem and point out the mistake that I
am doing.
Anyways thank you all :D
SrikanthBut that doesn't answer the question. Why can't you change your code so that you use store?
Kaj