Java tutorial
import java.io.File; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { File file1 = new File("./filename"); File file2 = new File("filename"); System.out.println(file1.equals(file2)); file1 = file1.getCanonicalFile(); file2 = file2.getCanonicalFile(); System.out.println(file1.equals(file2)); } }