Searching for a particular file

Question

Hi
I know the file name is odbc.ini and i know the drive name is c:
And how do i get the path of the file through program.
Thanx in advance.
Subhas

Answer 1

public static String retrieveFile() throws IOException{
          String s = "odbc.ini";
               String path = recursiveSearch(new File("c:\\"), s);
               // Make sure the "File" you create is a directory!!
               if (path != null) {
                    System.out.println("");
                    System.out.println("File Found");
                    System.out.print("The File Found at This Path: ");
                    //display the path
                    System.out.print(path);
               } else {         
                    System.out.println("File Not Found");
     return path;
     private static String recursiveSearch(File f, String name) {  
          // f is the directory to search for the file with name "name"
          File[] childs = f.listFiles();
          Vector dirs = new Vector();
          if (childs != null) {     
               for (int i = 0 ; i < childs.length ; i++) {       
                    if (childs.isDirectory()) { 
                         // If that is a directory we save it to search later
                         dirs.add(childs[i]);
                    } else { 
                         // Is a regular file
                         if (name.compareTo(childs[i].getName()) == 0) {  
                              // If the file is what we want we return his path
                              try {             
                                   return childs[i].getCanonicalPath();
                              } catch(Exception e) {             
                                   System.err.println("Error getting canonical path\n");
               for (int i = 0 ; i < dirs.size() ; i++) {       
                    File dirAux = (File)dirs.elementAt(i);
                    String aux = recursiveSearch(dirAux, name);
                    if (aux != null) {  
                         // We have found it inside this directory
                         return aux;
               // If we get here is because the file is not inside the directory or any subdirectory on it
          return null;
this code should work if you set it in a class of course ;)