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See<br />
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f.getName();<br />
f.getPath();
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both returns f to me:<br />
f.getName();<br />
f.getPath();<br />
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I don't know what they really do?
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<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getParent()" rel="ugc">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getParent()</a><br />
<a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getName()" rel="ugc">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getName()</a>
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String s = &quot;/some/directory/file.name<wbr />&quot;;<br />
File f = new File(string);<br />
then use the methods in the File class to access what you need<br />
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thanks, but what is &quot;&nbsp;abstract pathname&quot;?
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Hi,<br />
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I have a String which includes both directory name and file name, I could not find a simple function to break the string into direcoty name and file name. I tried <br />
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File file = new File(Name);// name includes both path and file name<br />
then I used different get function from File class, but always got the whole string for the directory name, please help!
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Hi,

I have a String which includes both directory name and file name, I could not find a simple function to break the string into direcoty name and file name. I tried 


File file = new File(Name);// name includes both path and file name
then I used different get function from File class, but always got the whole string for the directory name, please help!

both returns f to me:
f.getName();
f.getPath();

I don&#39;t know what they really do?

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getParent()
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getName()

String s = &quot;/some/directory/file.name&quot;;
File f = new File(string);
then use the methods in the File class to access what you need



http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html

thanks, but what is &quot; abstract pathname&quot;?

how to get directory and file name easily?

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.