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I want to write a file results.txt to a specific directory on my machine (Z:\results to be precise). How do I go about specifying the directory to BufferedWriter/FileWriter?
Currently, it writes the file successfully but to the directory where my source code is located. Thanks
public void writefile(){ try{ Writer output = null; File file = new File("results.txt"); output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file)); for(int i=0; i<100; i++){ //CODE TO FETCH RESULTS AND WRITE FILE } output.close(); System.out.println("File has been written"); }catch(Exception e){ System.out.println("Could not create file"); } } 
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Try something like this: File file = new File("/some/absolute/path/myfile. ext"); OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file); // Write your data out. close();
Just add the selected path to the file you want to create. If you don't add it will use the current application path, not the one you want. File file = new File(folder, "test.
File file = new File(dir, hash + ". txt"); The key here is the File(File parent, String child) constructor. It creates a file with the specified name under the provided parent directory (provided that directory exists, of course).
You should use the secondary constructor for File to specify the directory in which it is to be symbolically created. This is important because the answers that say to create a file by prepending the directory name to original name, are not as system independent as this method.
Sample code:
String dirName = /* something to pull specified dir from input */; String fileName = "test.txt"; File dir = new File (dirName); File actualFile = new File (dir, fileName); /* rest is the same */ Hope it helps.
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