How to create a new file - help please.

Question

hi there
i need to create a new file in my program, i did the following:
/*code--------------------
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream(new File("c:\\somedirectory\\outputfile.txt")));
out.println("product code:"+productCode);
out.println("product price:"+productPrice);
out.println("product description:"+productDes);
out.flush();
out.close();
the directory c:\somedirectory\ does not exist yet. i was hoping that when the new file is created, so was the directory. when i run it. the program could not find the path with following error message:
c:\somedirectory\outputfile.txt (The system cannot find the path specified)
can anyone of you experts point a rigth solution? thank you.

Answer 1

thanks
so the steps to create a new file in a new directory is as follow:
//create a file object with the directory path
File d = new File("c:\\xx\\");
d.mkdir();
//then create another file object with the path and the file name
File f = new File("c:\\xx\\abc.txt");
is this right?