Here you can find the source of createFileIfNotExists(Path path)
static boolean createFileIfNotExists(Path path) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww .j av a 2 s . co m * Bamana - a free incremental backup software for GNU/Linux * Copyright (C) 2017 Emanuele Bruni * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; public class Main { static boolean createFileIfNotExists(Path path) throws IOException { // #87, #186 if (Files.notExists(path) || !path.toFile().exists()) { Files.createFile(path); // #88 return true; } return false; } }