Does the .NET Framework have any methods for converting a path (e.g. “C:\whatever.txt”) into a file URI (e.g. “file:///C:/whatever.txt”)? The System.Uri class has the reverse (from a file URI to absolute path), but nothing as far as I can find for converting to a file URI. Also, this is not an ASP.NET application. 7 Answers … Read more
Can’t be hard, but I’m having a mental block. 8 Answers 8
Is it possible to get a Path object from a java.io.File? I know you can convert a path to a file using toFile() method, but I couldn’t find the opposite conversion. Is there a way to do this in Java 6 or lower? 4 Answers 4
I am trying to edit an entry to PATH, as I did something wrong. I am using Mac OS X v10.10.3 (Yosemite) I have tried: touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile But the file editor opens with nothing inside. My problem: I am trying to install ANDROID_HOME to my PATH I misspelled it, but when I closed the terminal … Read more
I’m having xcode issues when I try to use brew and git: xcrun: error: active developer path (“/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer”) does not exist, use xcode-select –switch path/to/Xcode.app to specify the Xcode that you wish to use for command line developer tools (or see man xcode-select) I can type xcode-select and it shows that the command exists. When … Read more
I have searched high and low and get a lot of different solutions and variables containing info to get the absolute path. But they seem to work under some conditions and not under others. Is there one silver bullet way to get the absolute path of the executed script in PHP? For me, the script … Read more
I’m on Ubuntu 14.04 and I’ve been trying all possible methods to install Laravel to no avail. Error messages everything I try. I’m now trying the first method in the quickstart documentation, that is, via Laravel Installer, but it says to “Make sure to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH so the Laravel executable … Read more
I want to write a new file with the FileWriter. I use it like this: FileWriter newJsp = new FileWriter(“C:\\user\Desktop\dir1\dir2\filename.txt”); Now dir1 and dir2 currently don’t exist. I want Java to create them automatically if they aren’t already there. Actually Java should set up the whole file path if not already existing. How can I … Read more
I keep getting myself in knots when I am manipulating paths and file names because I don’t follow a naming standard for path components. Consider the following toy problem (Windows example, but hopefully the answer should be platform independent). You have been given the path of a folder: C:\users\OddThinking\Documents\My Source\ You want to walk the … Read more
I know ../ means go up a path, but what does ./ mean exactly? I was recently going through a tutorial and it seems to be referring to just a file in the same location, so is it necessary at all? Can I just not use it if that’s all it’s doing? 11 Answers 11
