Read a file using a jar

[Tyvokka]

I have a program which requires a source txt to gather information from and that is updated weekly. I also need to be able to package the source txt and the jar in a folder. How can I read the source txt using the jar, no matter where it is?

[Tyvokka]

I figured it out, from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/320542/how-to-get-the-path-of-a-running-jar-file.

[Melongo Annabel]

what you should do is to create a class to read and write that file. That class will take two arguments, the file in the jar and the file it's being updated with. For only reading the file, the class will only accept one argument( the file in the jar) but for being updated, the file will accept two arguments ( the file in the jar and the file with the information to update) . If you don't want to do the manual updating on a weekly basis, I would recommend you create a cronjob that will do that for you using your class and the two files as arguments. Thanks.


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Subject: [nbj2ee] Read a file using a jar

I have a program which requires a source txt to gather information from and that is updated weekly. I also need to be able to package the source txt and the jar in a folder. How can I read the source txt using the jar, no matter where it is?