title: How do I display a file's folder location in Java?
body: <p>I'm trying to get a file to work to display its name, containing folder, size and time it was last modified. While I've written it in a working state, I don't have it working exactly as I would like. Here is the code I have written for it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.nio.file.*;
  import java.nio.file.attribute.*;
  import java.io.*;
  import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.*;
  import java.util.*;
  import java.text.*;
  
  public class FileStatistics
  {
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
  
      try
      {
          File f = new File("C:\\Java\\Chapter.13\\TestFile.txt");
          String fileName = f.getName();
          long fileSize = f.length();
          long lastModified = f.lastModified();
          System.out.println("The file's name is: " + fileName);
          System.out.println("The file's folder location is: " + f.getPath());
          System.out.println("The file's size is: " + fileSize + " bytes");
          Date d = new Date(lastModified);
          SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
          System.out.println("The file was last modified: " + sdf.format(d));
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
          System.out.println("IO Exception");
      }
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know I have the folder's location set to simply get its path, where you can see it <code>System.out.println("The file's folder location is: " + f.getPath());</code> but how exactly would I write the program to simply have it display the folder it's in? What is it exactly that I'm missing here? Thanks. </p>