Create intermediate folders if one doesn't exist

Question

I am trying to create a folder for each username a user logs in as. Currently I have

private String destination = \"C:/Users/Richard/printing~subversion/file         


        

Answer 1

You have to actually call some method to create the directories. Just creating a file object will not create the corresponding file or directory on the file system.

You can use File#mkdirs() method to create the directory: -

theFile.mkdirs();

Difference between File#mkdir() and File#mkdirs() is that, the later will create any intermediate directory if it does not exist.

Answer 2

A nice Java 7+ answer from Benoit Blanchon can be found here:

With Java 7, you can use Files.createDirectories().

For instance:

Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("/path/to/directory"));

Answer 3

Use this code spinet for create intermediate folders if one doesn't exist while creating/editing file:

File outFile = new File("/dir1/dir2/dir3/test.file");
outFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
outFile.createNewFile();