My file is not saving

Question

Hello everyone
I used
String realPath =config.getServletContext().getRealPath("/");
to get the real path of my application.
I got the string as: /home/cascanicacom/public_html/
Now I need to create a file "write.txt" and save it under the /home/cascanicacom/public_html/ on my web server
Now please tell me where should I make the changes in the
File file = new File("write.txt"); so as to create it in the server.
I even tried:
File file = new File(realPath +"write.txt");
And when I checked in the server theres no file there.
Please!
Please advice me.

Answer 1

BalusC wrote:
Only invoking new File() indeed doesn't create the physical file. You have to open the stream on the file first.Thank you Sir for the reply,
How can I open the file if the file doesn't exist on the web server. My job is to create the file through codding. Even if the file exist in the web server it will overwrite it completely.
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Anyway, didn't you see any useful exceptions or traces after doing so? Till now, there's no exception.
I tried using the
File file = new File(rootPath+"write.txt") //rootPath= getRealPath("/")
Are you looking in the right file location? No, I am just trying to create a file in the web server under the /home/cascanicacom/public_html/
Do you have the sufficient rights to write and view files? As its going to overwrite the file after every execution, so, once I create a file manually on the server and checked all the attributes of the file like read, write, etc. That was just for checking whether the reason was for the permission or not. But still the file didn't overwrite it. So that means the file just couldn't find the server path.
Do you understand how UNIX file systems work?No, I don't have much idea at all.
Please help me out BalusC