Java File.createNewFile()

Syntax

File.createNewFile() has the following syntax.

public boolean createNewFile()   throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use File.createNewFile() method.


/*w  ww .j a v a 2 s. c  o m*/


import java.io.File;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
    File f = new File("test.txt");

    // tries to create new file in the system
    boolean bool = f.createNewFile();

    System.out.println("File created: " + bool);

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.