Java tutorial
import java.nio.file.LinkOption; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Path path = Paths.get("users.txt"); if (path.toFile().exists()) { System.out.println("Real path: " + path.toRealPath(LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)); } else { System.out.println("The file does not exist"); } } }