file path

[Arsench]

Hello all, Im very very new in java and need a help please.
I have a makefile in the unix system that doing many functions and one of them, creating a file.txt.I want to create a code in the java file that can copy the full path of that file that will created.

so for example.
when creating test.txt so the code will print out the path of that test.txt file



am I explaind good?:(

thank you

[Norm]

The File class has several methods that return different paths to a file.
I'm not sure what you are asking.
Is the java program to create the file instead of makefile? How will the java program get the path to where it should create the file?
If the java program is NOT creating the file, is it supposed to search for where the file was created? How will it get the name of the file to search for? What if 2 files with the same name?

[Arsench]

thank for your replay, there are only one file with that name, I mean that, when the makefile executing, in that moment execute the java file for search that file.sorry for my bad explain.

[Eranga]

Ok, did you read the Java doc for File class. You can find lots of useful ways to do this.

Java 2 Platform SE v1.3.1: Class File

[Norm]

execute the java file for search

To search a folder and sub folders you'll also need the File list() method.

[Eranga]

Do you want to create a file through the application and find the complete file path? Better to explain it more if I'm wrong.

[Arsench]

you are right Eranga:) I want to create a file through the application and find the complete file path

[Eranga]

So in simple way, why don't you do this.

        File file = new File("C:\\Temp\\Temp.txt");
        
        try {
            if(!file.exists())
                file.createNewFile();
        }
        catch(IOException ex) {
        }
        
        System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());

Make sure that drive C have a folder name Temp. Because in this way you cannot create folders.

Can you show your complete code.