Compare two file paths

  1. /*
  2.   Compare two file paths
  3.   This Java example shows how to compare two file paths using compareTo method
  4.   of Java File class.
  5. */
  6.  
  7. import java.io.*;
  8.  
  9. public class CompareTwoFilePaths {
  10.  
  11. public static void main(String[] args) {
  12.  
  13. //create first file object
  14. File file1 = new File("C://FileIO//demo1.txt");
  15.  
  16. //create second file object
  17. File file2 = new File("C://FileIO//demo1.txt");
  18.  
  19.  
  20. /*
  21.   * To compare file paths use,
  22.   * int compareTo(File file) method of Java File class.
  23.   *
  24.   * This method returns 0 of both paths are same, integer less than 0 if
  25.   * file path is less than that of argument, and positive integer if the
  26.   * file path is grater than that of argument.
  27.   */
  28.  
  29. if(file1.compareTo(file2) == 0)
  30. {
  31. System.out.println("Both paths are same!");
  32. }
  33. else
  34. {
  35. System.out.println("Paths are not same!");
  36. }
  37. }
  38. }

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