Read in contents of a file?

Question

Hi,
I'm having trouble reading the contents of a file. The problem is that the file path has spaces in it:
e.g. C:\Users\Blah Blah\Documents\Ex Files\ReadMe.txt
Trying to read this throws a file not found exception.
How can I read in a file if it has spaces in the path?
Cheers.

Answer 1

I'm wondering if you're perhaps not escaping the backslashes properly. Here's an example which I've tested under Java 6. If you're using a different version and still have problems, let me know which one it is and post some example code that demonstrates the issue.
import java.io.File;
public class FileWithSpaces {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      final String filename =
         "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Dave Minter\\My Documents\\FileWithSpaces.txt";
      final File file = new File(filename);
      System.out.println("File \"" + filename + "\" exists: " + file.exists());
}