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How to delete/rename a file (Read 823 times)

alphachapmtl Full Member Offline Posts: 128 Canada	How to delete/rename a file Feb 23^rd, 2008, 9:03am My program creates temporary data files in the data directory. Code: String mfile=dataPath("mfile.txt"); PrintWriter output=createWriter(mfile); .. output.println(num); .. output.flush(); // Flush to file output.close(); // Close file How can my program delete them when no longer needed? Also how to rename a file?
	« Last Edit: Feb 24^th, 2008, 2:59pm by alphachapmtl »

antiplastik YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 699 France	Re: How to delete/rename a file Reply #1 - Feb 24^th, 2008, 10:24pm I think you can use the Java.io.File class and its delete() and renameTo() methods. Have a look at the Java doc here : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/File.html

alphachapmtl

Re: How to delete/rename a file
Reply #2 - Feb 24^th, 2008, 11:12pm

I tried this Code:

File ff=new File("fnameA.txt");
ff.renameTo(new File(fnameB.txt"));

and this Code:

File ff=new File(dataPath("fnameA.txt"));
ff.renameTo(new File(dataPath("fnameB.txt")));

but all I got "File or directory does not exist.".

So I tried this Code:

String oldname=dataPath("fnameA.txt");
File ff=new File(oldname);
String newname=dataPath("fnameB.txt");
ff.renameTo(new File(newname));

and it work!

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