code: public static void main(String args[]) {
  		String home = "/home/user1/content/myfolder";
  		String file = "/home/user1/figures/fig.png";
  		System.out.println("home = " + home);
  		System.out.println("file = " + file);
  		System.out.println("path = " + getRelativePath(new File(home),new File(file)));
  	}
docs: test the function