We must read other File operations like - copy, move, rename, delete, exist?, append, hide/unHide, creation/lastModified/lastAccessed date, compare, size, Read only and writable.
java.io.File's createNewFile() creates file in path specified above,
Method return true - if file does not exist and was created successfully.
Method return false - if file file already exists.
Program to Create File using createNewFile() method in java file IO
/** JavaMadeSoEasy.com */
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class CreateFileTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
String fileName = "c:/myFile.txt";
File file = new File(fileName);
/*
* File's createNewFile() creates file in path specified above,
* Method return true - if file does not exist and was created successfully.
* Method return false - if file file already exists.
*/
if (file.createNewFile())
System.out.println("File has been created successfully > "
+fileName);
else
System.out.println("File with the given name already exists > "
+fileName);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
/*OUTPUT
File has been created successfully > c:/myFile.txt
*/
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