New File() is not working on MAC

Question

Hi,
I don't know exactly what is the problem,since i search in forums.
but in my code
File f = new File("/Users/sky/Desktop/dist/test.txt");
is not working on Mac os.
Please help !

Answer 1

skymania wrote:
On window it will give output : success
On Mac it will give nothing.
On window and mac both file is not exist (physically). Bull.
Simply doing new File(...) does NOT create a file on disk, no matter what the OS.
On Windows, before running the Java code:
C:\>dir C:\CONFIG.SYS
02/05/2008  01:06 PM                 0 CONFIG.SYS
C:\>dir C:\zzzzz
File Not FoundThen I run this Java:
package scratch;
import java.io.File;
* Copyright (c) 2009 Tone Software Corporation
* @author Jeff Verdegan
public class NewFileDoesNotCreateAFileOnDisk {
  public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception{
    File f1 = new File("C:/CONFIG.SYS");
    File f2 = new File("C:/zzzzz");
    System.out.println(f1.getCanonicalPath () + ".exists() is " + f1.exists ());
    System.out.println(f2.getCanonicalPath () + ".exists() is " + f2.exists ());
}and I get this result:
C:\CONFIG.SYS.exists() is true
C:\zzzzz.exists() is falseAnd then I do the dir again, and I get the same results.
Thus proving that new File does NOT create a file on the disk.
If you would bother to read the docs for the File class like I suggested, you'll see a way that you can create a file on disk.
And if you read my other comments, you'll see how to create a file as you write to it.