having problem loading a property file

[ndedhia1]

I am having trouble loading a property file and keep getting this error when running my shell script that loads and runs my jar files, etc:

no property file loaded, using defaults... (java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/dedhia/.jftp/jftp.properties (No such file or directory))



Here is my java code in which I get the property file:

        String propertyFile = System.getProperty("Outlier.PropertyFile","OutlierReportGenerator1.PROPERTIES");
        System.out.println(propertyFile);
//Location of property file
        properties = new File(File.separator + "home" + File.separator + "dedhia" + File.separator + "OutlierReportGenerator" + File.separator + "classes" + File.separator + propertyFile);
        System.out.println(properties);
        BufferedReader BR = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(properties));
        System.out.println("I got to this pt");
        String line = BR.readLine();
 

Here is the shell script where I run my program:

/usr/local/jdk1.6.0_11/bin/java -Dreports="true" -Dmail="true" -Dconnect="true" -Dccserv="true" -DOutlier.PropertyFile=OutlierReportGenerator1.properties -cl
asspath /home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/classes:/home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/classes/jftp.jar:/home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/classes/jxl.jar:
/home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/classes/produtil.jar:/home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/classes/activation.jar:/home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/class
es/mail.jar:/home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/classes/classes12.zip:/home/dedhia/OutlierReportGenerator/classes/OutlierReportGenerator.jar ReportGenerator
 

The OutlierReportGenerator.jar is the jar that I am exporting from eclipse, which contains all of my java code. Report Generator is the class in which main is at.

Am I doing something incorrect in the way that I am loading my property file because I have tried a few different things but seem to get the same error over and over again.

Thanks for the help!!!