Get parent directory of CWD in Java

Question

I am using System.getProperty("user.dir") to get my CWD. I then trim off the last \\token to give me the parent directory.

My question is , is there any easier way to do it? I want the current working directory, cd up one level and then drill into a sub folder in another project.

I run my unit tests in \\\\projectA\\test but I want to get the path to another folder contained in a project at the same level. ie folder \\\\projectB\\otherTestData

Answer 1

Check getparent and getParentFile methods in File class.

For more details see here