Read win.ini file?

[Greg]

Hi

How can I read win.ini file?

Best regards
Greg

 

[Joona I Palaste]

Hi

How can I read win.ini file?

The classes java.io.FileInputStream(), java.io.InputStreamReader() and
java.io.BufferedReader() should help.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

....

How can I read win.ini file?

..ini files are in plain text, so 'the same way you would read a text file'..

It is hard to know, from your brief question, what the actual
problem is, but I suspect you need to start here..
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/index.html

 

[Thomas Weidenfeller]

How can I read win.ini file?

You write a parser for the format, or you search the web for such a
parser.

/Thomas

 

[Greg]

But how can I get c:\Windows directory?

 

[Christophe Vanfleteren]

But how can I get c:\Windows directory?

Read the java.io.File javadocs (a directory is also a file).

Beware that not every windows install has a c:\windows directory, it can also
be c:\winnt (NT 4, win 2000, ...), let alone a linux install.

 

[Phil...]

also, win xp is supposed to not use it, but
it is still there for compatibility

 

[Roedy Green]

How can I read win.ini file?

it is just a text file. readLine will do it. See
http://mindprod.com/fileio.html for sample code.

 

[Roedy Green]

You write a parser for the format, or you search the web for such a
parser.

see http://mindprod.com/projinifiletidier.html
for how you might proceed.

 

[Roedy Green]

also, win xp is supposed to not use it, but
it is still there for compatibility

It has been vestigial since the registry was invented in W95.

 

[Real Gagnon]

But how can I get c:\Windows directory?

try

System.out.println("SYSTEM DIR : " +
System.getProperty("user.home"));

Bye.

 

[Roald Ribe]

try

System.out.println("SYSTEM DIR : " +
System.getProperty("user.home"));

They are only the same on old Windows versions.
Unless there is a specific java property for it,
the easiest way to find the windows directory is
to read the "windir=" setting from the environment.

Roald