Write to text file without overwriting in Java

Question

I am trying to write a method that makes a "log.txt file" if one does not already exist and then writes to the file. The problem that I am encountering is every time I call the method, it overwrites the existing log. How do I change the method so that instead of overwriting the data it just updates the file?

My Write File Method:

    File log = new File("log.txt")     try{     if(log.exists()==false){             System.out.println("We had to make a new file.");             log.createNewFile();     }     PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(log);     out.append("******* " + timeStamp.toString() +"******* " + "\n");     out.close();     }catch(IOException e){         System.out.println("COULD NOT LOG!!");     } 

Answer 1

Just change PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(log); to

PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(log, true));