Java question: where to put files so I can compile and run my program from another computer?

Question

I have a program that I wrote as a school project that has 5 different txt files. When I compile and run the program I have to (cd) into the program directory before I run the program otherwise I get file not found IO exceptions. How can I avoid this?

Answer 1

I hadn't thought about them being with the class files. When I place them there do I have to specify a specific file location?

Answer 2

Could you give me an example? I've been trying it out on my files but it's still not finding the files when I run the program when outside of the project directory.