Create directory along with required nonexistent parent directories

  1. /*
  2.   Create directory along with required nonexistent parent directories
  3.   This Java example shows how to create a directory along with the required parent
  4.   directories in the filesystem using mkdirs method of Java File class.
  5. */
  6.  
  7. import java.io.*;
  8.  
  9. public class CreateDirParentDir {
  10.  
  11. public static void main(String[] args) {
  12.  
  13. //create File object
  14. File dir = new File("C://FileIO//Parent1//Parent2//DemoDir");
  15.  
  16. /*
  17.   * To create directory along with the required nonexistent parent directories
  18.   * use,
  19.   * boolean mkdirs() method of Java File class.
  20.   *
  21.   * This method returns true if the directory was created successfully along with
  22.   * all necessary nonexistent parent directories, false otherwise.
  23.   *
  24.   * It may be possible that, some of the parent directories may have been created
  25.   * eventhough the operation fails.
  26.   *
  27.   */
  28.  
  29. boolean isDirCreated = dir.mkdirs();
  30.  
  31. if(isDirCreated)
  32. System.out.println("Directory created along with required nonexistent
  33. parent directories");
  34. else
  35. System.out.println("Failed to create directory");
  36. }
  37. }
  38.  
  39. /*
  40. Output would be
  41. Directory created along with required nonexistent parent directories
  42. */

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