Eclipse path problem while opening file.

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When ever I try to read/open '.properties' (for that matter any file)
inside my project(for example I try to open system.properties file in
HelloWorld class) it cannot open/find it.

For example if I have a project called project1 which has java source
files in
src folder then and in any of the class files I cant open any of the
files inside the
src folder. No matter where I place the file that has to be read
(inside project1 or src
or build folder) it simply gives me java.io.FileNotFoundException

Instead if I give the complete path it works. How can I read the files
relative to
my project folder without giving the complete path?
It seems that when I run my application in looks in ECLIPSE_HOME/bin
folder, for the
file being read, which of course I don't want to happen.

I am using Eclipse 3.2 (WTP), Windows XP SP2 JDK 1.5.03

Any pointers how to fix this?

 

[ck]

When ever I try to read/open '.properties' (for that matter any file)
inside my project(for example I try to open system.properties file in
HelloWorld class) it cannot open/find it.

It was a classpath problem in the .classpath file, I have fixed the
issue.