FilePathExample.java

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 * Created on 13-3-29
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package ch18io.file;

/**
 * Description of this file.
 *
 * @author XiongNeng
 * @version 1.0
 * @since 13-3-29
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class FilePathExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {

            String filename = "testing.txt";
            String finalfile;
            String workingDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");

            String your_os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
            if (your_os.contains("win")) {
                finalfile = workingDir + "\\" + filename;
            } else if (your_os.contains("nix") || your_os.contains("nux")) {
                finalfile = workingDir + "/" + filename;
            } else {
                finalfile = workingDir + "{others}" + filename;
            }

            System.out.println("Final filepath : " + finalfile);
            File file = new File(finalfile);

            if (file.createNewFile()) {
                System.out.println("Done");
            } else {
                System.out.println("File already exists!");
            }

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}