Read/write properties

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to read a properties file, and them write back again into it. However, the newly created properties file does not overwrite the old file. The file that I read from is in the classpath, but the file that I write to is written in the directory where the program is executed from.
How can I force that when I write the property file that it writes over the old file?
This is the code that I'm using...
private String    m_FileIni     = "";
m_FileIni = "b70.properties";
// Read properties file
try {
   m_Properties.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream(m_FileIni));
} catch (IOException e) {}
// Write properties file.
try {
   m_Properties.store(new FileOutputStream(m_FileIni), null);
} catch (IOException e) {}

Answer 1

If you use getResource rather than getResourceAsStream, you get a URL. Calling getFIle on that URL will give you a String, which you should be able to pass to the File constructor (or, indeed, the FileOutputStream constructor).