How to get the present working directory on linux in java

Question

I am invoking the command using a bash shell in linux. This command completes its operation using java class. I want to retrieve the present working directory from where the command is invoked. When I am using System.getProperty("user.dir") I am getting the path from where the java class is invoked. Can anyone help in this.

Answer 1

You will have to pass the directory in from the shell to the JVM on the command line.

Answer 2

new File(".")

You can then call getAbsolutePath or whatever you like.