appdata?

[dangerdoc]

How would I find the directory %appdata% for windows in java? And how would I access the %appdata% directory in linux? I am going to make my own library that does this, but I need to know how to find the directory.

[CodeBunny]

This is part of a personal utility library I wrote. All you need is the file path, you can write to the directories normally thereafter.

// Detects operating system.
	String opSys = System.getProperty("os.name").toUpperCase();
	if (opSys.contains("WIN"))
		system.os = OperatingSystem.WINDOWS;
	else if (opSys.contains("MAC"))
		system.os = OperatingSystem.MAC;
	else if (opSys.contains("NUX") || opSys.contains("NIX"))
		system.os = OperatingSystem.LINUX;
	else if (opSys.contains("SOL"))
		system.os = OperatingSystem.SOLARIS;
	else
		system.os = OperatingSystem.UNKNOWN;

	// Detects the user's home directory.
	system.homeDir = System.getProperty("user.home");
	
	// Detects the user's active directory.
	system.workingDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
	
	// Detects the path to the application directory.
	switch(system.os)
	{
		case WINDOWS:
			system.applicationDir = System.getenv("APPDATA");
				break;
		case MAC:
			system.applicationDir = System.getProperty("user.home") + 
					"/Library/Application Support";
				break;
		default:
			system.applicationDir = system.homeDir;
				break;
	}

[dangerdoc]

Thanks for the help codebunny! Now I can (hopefully) make an updater library, which I plan to make using simple http protocol.

[CodeBunny]

You mean URL.openStream(), right? That should be more than sufficient.