How to create empty folder in java?

java createfile create-directory
user385261 picture user385261 · Jan 26, 2011 · Viewed 321.2k times · Source

I tried to use the File class to create an empty file in a directory like "C:/Temp/Emptyfile". However, when I do that, it shows me an error : "already made folder Temp". Otherwise, it won't create one for me.

So, how do I literally create folders with java API?

Answer

sarnold picture sarnold · Jan 26, 2011

Looks file you use the .mkdirs() method on a File object: http://www.roseindia.net/java/beginners/java-create-directory.shtml

// Create a directory; all non-existent ancestor directories are
// automatically created
success = (new File("../potentially/long/pathname/without/all/dirs")).mkdirs();
if (!success) {
    // Directory creation failed
}

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