Here you can find the source of getRoot()
private static String getRoot()
//package com.java2s; /**//from ww w . ja va2 s .co m * Copyright (C) 2009 Future Invent Informationsmanagement GmbH. All rights * reserved. <http://www.fuin.org/> * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free * Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any * later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more * details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { private static String getRoot() { try { return new File("/").getCanonicalPath(); } catch (final IOException ex) { throw new RuntimeException(ex); } } }