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File Handling

Posted by Hiran Watson on July 12, 2001 at 11:14 PM

Hey, I have a question on opening, and writing to and reading from files. Whenever I try to open a file using the File class, it doesn't work. I use the constructor File(String name), where name is a pathname. But I keep getting a compiler error if I use a pathname that extends beyond the c drive. (Ex. "c:\test.txt" will work, but "c:\windows\test.txt" gives me an error). Secondly, even if I use the pathname "c:\test.txt", and place the text file under the root directory ("c:\"), I get the output that the File Is Not Found. Does anyone know what am I doing wrong. Also, how do you determine the length of a file. I need this to be able to deal with files in binary mode. If you want I can email you my code, and you can check to see what is going wrong, just give me a shout on my address. Thanx for the help!
Hiran:)

• n/a skyyoung July 12, 2001 at 11:34 PM (0)