properties store

[Kee Kee moon]

I have program as below:

private Properties props;
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Vector v;
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v.add("c:\\tmpdir");
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OutputStream outputStream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
props.store(outputStream, "My Properties");


I expect the string stores in the file should be "c:\\tmpdir", but it turns out to be "c\:\\tmpdir" due to props.store(................);
How do I eliminate the the extra backslash(\) following by [b]C[/b]

[Christopher Nortje]

The colon is used as an optional separator for key value pairs.
Have a look at the API (load method), when you load the input into the properties file you would get your original value back.
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html
have a look at the list method.

[Kee Kee moon]

Christopher Nortje wrote:The colon is used as an optional separator for key value pairs.
Have a look at the API (load method), when you load the input into the properties file you would get your original value back.
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html
have a look at the list method.

Thank you for trying to help me.

I did put a backslash(\) as c\:\\tmpdir, but I got an error says "Invalid escape sequence.

[Campbell Ritchie]

You can't use a single backslash; you have to escape it as \\.

[Christopher Nortje]

Clearly you did not read what I suggested you read.
You can try any variation of escape sequences it won’t work.
If you really need to write only c:\\tmpdir then use:

props.list(pw);

[Rob Spoor]

Why? Why does it matter what the value is when printed, or saved to the file? Isn't it more important to get the right value from your code?