FileNotFoundException problem

Question

i have a simple program which uses FileInputStream and makes a copy of that file by using FileOutputStream. I am sick of getting following errors
Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\abc\abc.jpg (The system cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
at socketprogramming.ClientT.main(ClientT.java:15)
I am 100 percent sure that the file exist in the location.checked many times with file name ...everything good..pls look at my code below..
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package socketprogramming;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
* @author user
public class ClientT {
    public static void main(String args[])throws Exception{
    FileInputStream filein=new FileInputStream("C:\\abc\\abc.jpg");
    FileOutputStream fileout=new FileOutputStream("C:\\abc\\test1.jpg");
    //Socket soc=new Socket("localhost",8000);
    //OutputStream out=soc.getOutputStream();
            int b;
            while((b=filein.read())!=-1){
                System.out.println(b);
                fileout.write(b);
            fileout.close();
}I would appreciate your help or any suggestion to fix this!
cheers,
Nitesh

Answer 1

NiteshN wrote:
I am 100 percent sure that the file exist in the location.checked many times with file name ...everything good..pls look at my code below..Have you read the API?
It specifically states: "If the named file does not exist, is a directory rather than a regular file, or for some other reason cannot be opened for reading then a FileNotFoundException is thrown."
I suggest you try setting up a File object first and check File.exists(). If that returns true, then the problem is not that it can't find the file.
Winston
Edited by: YoungWinston on Apr 19, 2010 2:57 AM
PS: Using forward slashes (/) for your directory separators is usually better, and more universal.