What are possible reasons for java.io.IOException: “The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect”

Question

I am trying to copy a file using the following code:

File targetFile = new File(targetPath + File.separator + filename);
...
targetFile.createNewFile();
file         


        

Answer 1

I just encountered the same problem. I think it has to something do with write access permission. I got the error while trying to write to c:\ but on changing to D:\ everything worked fine. Apparently Java did not have permission to write to my System Drive (Running Windows 7 installed on C:)