File.renameTo() fails

Question

I have eclipse plugin jface application. A thread writes file via BufferedWriter. After writing is done I close the buffer after that I try to rename the file.

But

Answer 1

You can also do something like below:

File o=new File("oldFile.txt");
File n=new File("newFile.txt");
n.delete();
o.renameTo(n);

n.delete() : We need to delete the file(new.txt) if exists.

o.rename(n) : so that the file(old.txt) is renamed as new.txt

How to find out why renameTo() failed?

Reliable File.renameTo() alternative on Windows?

http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/02/file-renameto-always-fails-on-windows