Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { File file = new File("filename"); FileChannel channel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel(); MappedByteBuffer buf = channel.map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, (int) channel.size()); buf.put(0, (byte) 0xFF); buf.force(); channel.close(); } }