Input directory is never found
<p>There is probably an obvious solution to my problem, but I'm not very experienced and I've gotten stuck on this point:</p>

<p>My program accepts a directory as input, but the exist check always returns a negative. If I comment out the exist check, I get a null pointer exception.</p>

<p>For example, my start directory would be c:\Start. I enter this when prompted, but it's never found. Is there some syntax for entering directories I don't understand?</p>

<pre><code>String startDir;
Choice[] startOptions = new Choice[5];
startDir = ConsoleInput.readLine("Enter directory to start");
String startDirappend = new String (startDir+"/");
File existCheck = new File(startDirappend);
boolean exists = existCheck.exists();

while (exists!=true)
    {
    startDir = ConsoleInput.readLine("Directory not found. Enter directory to start");
    exists = existCheck.exists();
    }

Can startText = new Can(startDirappend+"START.txt"); 
</code></pre>
