Java Path Relative Get getRelativePath(final File base, final File name)

Description

get Relative Path

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getRelativePath(final File base, final File name) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  w  w  .  j  av  a  2s.  c o m*/
 *  Copyright (C) 2006-2015  Ronald Blankendaal
 *
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 *
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 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static String getRelativePath(final File base, final File name) throws IOException {
        File parent = base.getParentFile();
        if (parent == null)
            return name.getPath();

        String bpath = base.getCanonicalPath();
        String fpath = name.getCanonicalPath();

        if (fpath.startsWith(bpath)) {
            return fpath.substring(bpath.length() + 1);
        } else {
            return ".." + File.separatorChar + getRelativePath(parent, name);
        }
    }
}

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