Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

Has anyone else had the error when launching a jar from Linux (just by clicking it), System.getProperty("user.dir") returns the "/home/user" (or "~") value instead of the folder that the jar is in? Essentially, it returns "user.home" instead of "user.dir".

This does not happen when I start the application from command line.

(I know its not swing, but I wasn't sure where to post it)

Is this just a simple Linux setting that isn't enabled by default? Ubuntu already made the file association after using apt-get to install Java 6.

Cheers.

-FBL