Java Directory Create nio mkdir(final File dir)

Description

mkdir

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void mkdir(final File dir) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates a directory. Fails only if directory creation fails, otherwise cleanly returns. If cleanly returns,
     * it is guaranteed that passed in path is created (with all parents as needed) successfully. Unlike Java7
     * {@link Files#createDirectories(Path, FileAttribute[])} method, this method does support paths having last
     * path element a symlink too. In this case, it's verified that symlink points to a directory and is readable.
     */
    public static void mkdir(final Path dir) throws IOException {
        try {
            Files.createDirectories(dir);
        } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException e) {
            // this happens when last element of path exists, but is a symlink.
            // A simple test with Files.isDirectory should be able to  detect this
            // case as by default, it follows symlinks.
            if (!Files.isDirectory(dir)) {
                throw e;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * @since 2.8
     */
    public static void mkdir(final File dir) throws IOException {
        mkdir(dir.toPath());
    }
}

Related

1. mkdir(final File dir)
2. mkdirs(Path dir, FileAttribute... attrs)
3. mkdirs(Path path)
4. mkdirs(Path path)
5. mkPath(Path nf)