Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; public class GuaranteeAFile { public static void main(String[] args) { String filename = "C:/myFile.txt"; File aFile = new File(filename); if (aFile.isDirectory()) { System.out.println("The path " + aFile.getPath() + " does not specify a file. Program aborted."); System.exit(1); } if (!aFile.isFile()) { aFile = aFile.getAbsoluteFile(); File parentDir = new File(aFile.getParent()); if (!parentDir.exists()) { parentDir.mkdirs(); } } FileOutputStream outputFile = null; try { outputFile = new FileOutputStream(aFile, true); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); } } }