mkdir() doesn't create sub directories

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carlbernardi@gmail.com - 06 Nov 2006 03:09 GMT

Hi,

I have been trying to create sub directories with mkdir() and mkdirs()
but both methods fail every time. For example, if I have "c:\\a\b\c\"
already existing, it won't to create "c:\\a\b\c\ddddd". Does anyone
know how I can to get the last subdirectory and create a new one there?
Or even other solutions?

Thanks,
Carl

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Andrew Thompson - 06 Nov 2006 06:03 GMT

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> I have been trying to create sub directories with mkdir() and mkdirs()
> but both methods fail every time. For example, if I have "c:\\a\b\c\"
> already existing, it won't to create "c:\\a\b\c\ddddd". Does anyone
> know how I can to get the last subdirectory and create a new one there?

File methods also work for directories (generally) so
getName() and getParent() should help there.

OTOH, it is bad practice to create directory *structures* as
Strings, and you are probably better off having each
sub-directroy name in an array and looping through it to use..

File root..
for (int ii=0; ii<dirs.length; ii++) {
root = new File(root, dirs[ii]);
}

..this way, the JVM takes care of the separators,
appropriate to the platform.

Andrew T.

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Luc The Perverse - 06 Nov 2006 06:41 GMT

> Hi,
>
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> know how I can to get the last subdirectory and create a new one there?
> Or even other solutions?

"c:\\a\b\c\ddddd" ?

You mean

"c:\\a\\b\\c\\ddddd" ?

Use forward slashes.

--
LTP

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