Determining If Two Filename Paths Refer to the Same File

public static void main(String args[]){
try{
File file1 = new File("gg/file.txt");
File file2 = new File("file.txt");

// Filename paths are not equal
boolean b = file1.equals(file2); // false

// Normalize the paths
try {
file1 = file1.getCanonicalFile(); // c:\almanac1.4\filename
file2 = file2.getCanonicalFile(); // c:\almanac1.4\filename
} catch (IOException e) {
}

// Filename paths are now equal
b = file1.equals(file2); // true
}
catch (Exception ioe){
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
}