Problem with finding a File

Question

Hi:
I am having problem with finding a file on the OS
(using Win2000) when given an absolute pathname;
here is the rough code:
//theFile is specified at command line
File f = new File(theFile);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f));When I run the program, I type
java myProgram C:\aFolder\theFile
But it can't find theFile. I am not sure what's wrong.
Thanx

Answer 1

No that can't be it; he takes the filename from the command line, so escaping isn't an issue (unless he used a shell that unescaped '\\' for him, but I think he's using the win2000 cmd shell).
Dunno, I have no idea of your filesystem or shell. Just do some debugging, around the lines of:
File f = new File(theFile);
if (f.exists()) {
  System.err.println(theFile + " exists.");
} else {
  System.err.println(theFile + " doesn't exist.");
}