Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* This file is part of Subsonic. Subsonic is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Subsonic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Subsonic. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Copyright 2009 (C) Sindre Mehus */ import java.io.File; public class Main { public static boolean canWriteOrCreate(File file) { if (file.exists()) { return file.canWrite(); } File parent = file.getParentFile(); return parent != null && parent.exists() && parent.canWrite(); } }