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 cal

Answer 1

use a FileWriter instead.

FileWriter(File file, boolean append)

the second argument in the constructor tells the FileWriter to append any given input to the file rather than overwriting it.

here is some code for your example:

File log = new File("log.txt")

try{
    if(!log.exists()){
        System.out.println("We had to make a new file.");
        log.createNewFile();
    }

    FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(log, true);

    BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(fileWriter);
    bufferedWriter.write("******* " + timeStamp.toString() +"******* " + "\n");
    bufferedWriter.close();

    System.out.println("Done");
} catch(IOException e) {
    System.out.println("COULD NOT LOG!!");
}