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Save file to a directory in multi-project build Intellij IDEA

I am trying to write a file to a directory without setting an absolute path. I have multi-project build in Intellij and I have a separate directory for files:

-Intellij project
---project-1
---project-2
---project-3
---test-files

And I want to write a file to the files directory without defining an absolute path because I am going to run it on the cluster, where I do not know build path. However, I was able only to reach the root project directory. How can I save files to test-files folder?

Here is the code I use. It saved the file to simply project-1 directory:

val directory = new File("./").getCanonicalPath
import java.io.PrintWriter
val printWriter = new PrintWriter(s"$directory/file.txt")
printWriter.write("This is my string")
printWriter.close()
Solution

  • Try specifying parent directory .. like so

    val directory = new File("../test-files")