Where to put .txt file for easy I/O

Hi,
I'm creating a program to run psychological experiments, and I want to make it easy for future researchers to change the lists of stimuli.
I'm planning on having a set of .txt/.csv files containing the lists, which can be easily modified by anyone. My question is, where do I put them?
My guess is the easiest solution would be to put them in the same folder as the .jar file, but not to actually include them in the .jar file, as this would make it difficult to edit. So how would I refer to the path name of the list in my program? And, when testing the program as it's being written, should I put the files in the /dist folder that NetBeans created?
Second question: I want to find and load any and all txt files that may be in the folder (assuming this is where they will go). I won't know ahead of time how many lists there will be. What's the easiest way to do this?
Thanks!

Alright, two questions:
1) To find the files, can I just use some modified form of
String[] filenames;
File f = new File(".");
filenames = f.list();I assume that there's some way of doing the same thing one level up on the directory tree, and then selecting only those files that end in .csv? Is it preferable to use the method that was mentioned above?
2) I'm still a little confused as to where the files should go. Here in NetBeans, when I use the command above it gives me everything in the very bottom folder, including /dist, /src and everything else in that folder, even though the .jar file itself is located in /dist.
Is NetBeans not actually running the program from the .jar file?
When I distribute the code, should I assume that the "File f = new File(".");" will give me everything in the folder where the .jar is sitting?
[Edit: I've solved #2 myself -- sorry about that. The answer seems to be "yes" and "yes": when testing, I should put my .csv files in the bottom folder, when distributing, I should put them in the folder with the .jar file. I can't do it ahead of time, as NetBeans recreates the /dist folder each time the project is re-built.]
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