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Difference between getAbsolutePath() and getCanonicalPath()

 
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If I take a look at "http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/" for the documentation on class {File}, there's a method there named {getAbsolutePath()} that returns "the absolute pathname string of this abstract pathname." There's also a method named {getCanonicalPath()} that returns "the canonical pathname string of this abstract pathname." Furthermore, it says a "canonical pathname is both absolute and unique." On a Windows 7 system, when would {getAbsolutePath()} ever return anything different from what {getCanonicalPath()} does?
 
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Rob Spoor wrote:


Wow, I see. That's quite a difference!
 
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There is only one canonical path to a file, while there can be many absolute paths to a file.
 
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