Solved Having problems with .split(File.separetor);

Ok, so I'm having problems with this line of code:

Code:

String[] split = strData.toString().split(File.pathSeparator);

I get an interesting error:

Code:

Caused by: java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unexpected internal error near index 1
\
^
        at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
        at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
        at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
        at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
        at java.lang.String.split(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
        at java.lang.String.split(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
        at xyz.mglolenstine.MGEggWars.CommandEW.copy(CommandEW.java:82) ~[?:?]
        at xyz.mglolenstine.MGEggWars.CommandEW.onCommand(CommandEW.java:28) ~[?:?]

And yeah. I'd assume, that the problem comes from

Code:

File.separetor

because it equals to '\' which is an escape character.
How would I solve that error?

 

Does it matter? Well, I'd like to get server's root directory, but that isn't the point,

 

Ah... Thanks!

What is the difference between .getParent() and .getParentFile()?

 

@MGlolenstine
getParent returns a the path to the file, which is a String. getParentFile returns the File instance.

 

Thanks. Ok, so now I used .getAbsolutePath(), how would I go to the parent directory?

 

Well... I'm copying some files to the root of the server I host because it can only be read from there.

EDIT: I found a solution. I'm just gonna be using this from now on:

Code:

File root = new File(plugin.getServer().getWorldContainer().getAbsolutePath());

Thanks for all the help, you guys are doing a great job!