Java Reference
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new File("/home/ian/once/twice/again").mkdirs( );
Both variants of this command return
true
if they succeed and
false
if they fail. Notice that
it is possible (but not likely) for
mkdirs()
to create some of the directories and then fail; in
this case, the newly created directories are left in the filesystem.
Notice that the spelling
mkdir()
is all lowercase. Although this might be said to violate the
normal Java naming conventions (which would suggest
mkDir()
as the name), it is the name
of the underlying operating system call and command on both Unix and DOS (though DOS
allows
md
as an alias on the command line).
Using Path instead of File
Problem
You need more capability than the standard
File
class. You need to move, copy, delete, and
otherwise work on files with a minimum of coding.
Solution
Consider using the
Path
class, an intended replacement for
File
, and the
Files
class.
