help needed with creating folder

[Moieen Khatri]

Hi,

I need help with creation of folder at specific location.

String folderPath = file.getParent().toString();
String filePath = file.getAbsolutePath();
String fileName = file.getName();

I need to create folder inside path represented by String folderPath variable.
This folder should be of the name represented by String fileName variable.

How can I create folder at the specific path by giving the path and foldername as parameters?

Please advice

Thanks

[Martin Vanyavchich]

How about this

Just make a file with your pathname and fileName. It apears to me that all you have to do is call:

file.mkdir();

Since your File object already points to that location.

[Rob Spoor]

I'd prefer mkdirs since that also creates any missing parent folders.

[Moieen Khatri]

Thanks for the reply.

I tried to create the folder in the manner below but without success

String parentDirectory ="D:\\dit_shared\\de00186\\308020\\308020.000\\prg";
	    	  String subFolderName = "Protocol deviation.mdb"; 

	    // Create one directory
	    boolean success = (new File(parentDirectory,subFolderName)).mkdir();

The value of success variable is false when the program is run and the folder is not created

Any ideas about this behaviour?

Thanks

[Martin Vanyavchich]

As Rob Prime suggested, try changing mkdir to mkdirs.

boolean success = (new File(parentDirectory,subFolderName)).mkdir();

to

boolean success = (new File(parentDirectory,subFolderName)).mkdirs();

[Matthew Brown]

Aren't you trying to create a folder called Protocol deviation.mdb there? Seems a bit strange (though that shouldn't be what is causing the error, unless that file already exists).

[Moieen Khatri]

Thanks alot Matthew!

I was trying to create the folders with the same name as the files at the same level.

Silly me!

changing the name of the folder did the trick.

Once again thanks to all of you who helped me resolve this

Kind Regards

Moieen