Cannot make file java.io.IOException: No such file or directory

Question

I am trying to create a file on the filesystem, but I keep getting this exception:

java.io.IOException: No such file or directory

I have an

Answer 1

If the directory ../.foo/bar/ doesn't exist, you can't create a file there, so make sure you create the directory first.

Try something like this:

File f = new File("somedirname1/somedirname2/somefilename");
if (!f.getParentFile().exists())
    f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
if (!f.exists())
    f.createNewFile();