Java "user.dir" property - what exactly does it mean?

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I want to use user.dir dir as a base dir for my unit tests (that creates a lot of files). Is it correct that this property points to the current working directory (e.g. set by the 'cd' command)?

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Solution 1 - Java

It's the directory where java was run from, where you started the JVM. Does not have to be within the user's home directory. It can be anywhere where the user has permission to run java.

So if you cd into /somedir, then run your program, user.dir will be /somedir.

A different property, user.home, refers to the user directory. As in /Users/myuser or /home/myuser or C:\Users\myuser.

See here for a list of system properties and their descriptions.

Solution 2 - Java

user.dir is the "User working directory" according to the Java Tutorial, System Properties

Solution 3 - Java

Typically this is the directory where your app (java) was started (working dir). "Typically" because it can be changed, eg when you run an app with Runtime.exec(String[] cmdarray, String[] envp, File dir)

Solution 4 - Java

System.getProperty("user.dir") fetches the directory or path of the workspace for the current project

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