How do I provide a file path in Mac OS X while creating a file in Java?

Question

File f = new File("C:\\Temp\\Example.txt");
f.createNewFile();

On executing, a new file named "Example.txt" will be created in the Temp folder. How do I provide the file path in Mac OS X?

I tried providing:

File f = new File("\\Users\\pavankumar\\Desktop\\Testing\\Java.txt");
f.createNewFile();

But it didn't work for me.

Any one working in MAC OSX please comment below.. – Pavan Kumar May 08 '15 at 09:49 — Pavan Kumar, May 08 '15 at 09:49

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '15 at 09:58

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Forward slash "/" must be used to get the file path here. Use:

File f = new File("/Users/pavankumar/Desktop/Testing/Java.txt");
f.createNewFile();

answered May 08 '15 at 09:58

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score 22 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 28 '22 at 21:58

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Please use Java's built-in File.separator to be independent from the OS, like this:

String home = System.getProperty("user.home");
File f = new File(home + File.separator + "Desktop" + File.separator + "Testing" + File.separator + "Java.txt");

Or use the static utility-method FilenameUtils.normalize (from library and package org.apache.commons.io):

File f = new File(FileNameUtils.normalize(home + "/Desktop/Testing/Java.txt"));

Either of them can be used; the second option needs the external library Apache Commons IO.

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answered May 08 '15 at 09:59

Spindizzy

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Ah yes sure. System.getProperty("user.home") would be correct. Updated the answer. – Spindizzy May 09 '15 at 09:39
for the latest commons.io dependency, it is `FilenameUtils.normalize(String filename)`. – Harshit Mar 22 '19 at 13:18

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 29 '19 at 11:00

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On Linux, Mac OS X and other *nix flavours, the folder separator is / not \, so there isn't any need to escape anything, some/path/of/folders.

Also, you can use the /tmp folder for your temporary files.

Finally, on *nix systems, the home directory is usually represented by ~ or is in the environment variable HOME.

edited Jul 29 '19 at 11:00

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answered May 08 '15 at 09:58

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 08 '15 at 09:56

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There is a File.separator system-dependent constant that you should use to provide some portability to your Java code.

answered May 08 '15 at 09:56

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '22 at 14:19

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For the relative file path in macos from the Users directory you can use $Home.

answered Jan 10 '22 at 14:19

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score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 18 '21 at 06:16

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In Mac OS This is working in below fashion, please try with File f = new File("/Users/bsingh/Desktop/Write/myTextFile.txt");

answered Nov 18 '21 at 06:16

Bipin kumar Singh

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This has already been mentioned in the other answers. *When answering older questions that already have answers, please make sure you provide either a novel solution or a significantly better explanation than existing answers.* – Eric Aya Nov 18 '21 at 11:29

How do I provide a file path in Mac OS X while creating a file in Java?

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