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Java » File Input Output » PathScreenshots 
Build a relative path to the given base path
  
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main{
  
  /**
   * Build a relative path to the given base path.
   @param base - the path used as the base
   @param path - the path to compute relative to the base path
   @return A relative path from base to path
   @throws IOException
   */ 
  public static String findRelativePath(String base, String path)
     throws IOException
  {
     String a = new File(base).getCanonicalFile().toURI().getPath();
     String b = new File(path).getCanonicalFile().toURI().getPath();
     String[] basePaths = a.split("/");
     String[] otherPaths = b.split("/");
     int n = 0;
     for(; n < basePaths.length && n < otherPaths.length; n ++)
     {
        ifbasePaths[n].equals(otherPaths[n]) == false )
           break;
     }
     System.out.println("Common length: "+n);
     StringBuffer tmp = new StringBuffer("../");
     for(int m = n; m < basePaths.length - 1; m ++)
        tmp.append("../");
     for(int m = n; m < otherPaths.length; m ++)
     {
        tmp.append(otherPaths[m]);
        tmp.append("/");
     }

     return tmp.toString();
  }
}

   
    
  
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