Here you can find the source of getCanonicalPath(String path)
public static String getCanonicalPath(String path)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w.j a v a 2 s .c o m * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static String getCanonicalPath(String path) { String canonPath; try { canonPath = new File(path).getCanonicalPath(); } catch (IOException e) { canonPath = path; } return canonPath; } public static String getCanonicalPath(File file) { String canonPath; try { canonPath = file.getCanonicalPath(); } catch (IOException e) { canonPath = file.getAbsolutePath(); } return canonPath; } }