Here you can find the source of getRoot(File child)
public static File getRoot(File child)
//package com.java2s; /*// ww w.j a v a 2 s.co m * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. * * Copyright 1997-2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * * Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. * Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. * * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common * Development and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the * License. You can obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html * or nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the * License. When distributing the software, include this License Header * Notice in each file and include the License file at * nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the GPL Version 2 section of the License file that * accompanied this code. If applicable, add the following below the * License Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by * your own identifying information: * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" * * Contributor(s): * * The Original Software is NetBeans. The Initial Developer of the Original * Software is Sun Microsystems, Inc. Portions Copyright 1997-2007 Sun * Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL * or only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding * "[Contributor] elects to include this software in this distribution * under the [CDDL or GPL Version 2] license." If you do not indicate a * single choice of license, a recipient has the option to distribute * your version of this file under either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or * to extend the choice of license to its licensees as provided above. * However, if you add GPL Version 2 code and therefore, elected the GPL * Version 2 license, then the option applies only if the new code is * made subject to such option by the copyright holder. */ import java.io.*; public class Main { public static File getRoot(File child) { File root = null; File tmp = child; root = tmp; while (tmp != null) { root = tmp; tmp = tmp.getParentFile(); } if ("\\\\".equals(root.getPath())) { // NOI18N // UNC paths => return \\computerName\sharedFolder (or \\ if path is only \\ or \\computerName) String filename = child.getAbsolutePath(); int firstSlash = filename.indexOf("\\", 2); //NOI18N if (firstSlash != -1) { int secondSlash = filename.indexOf("\\", firstSlash + 1); //NOI18N if (secondSlash != -1) { filename = filename.substring(0, secondSlash); } root = new File(filename); } } return root; } }