File not found exception in java

Question

I have done this:

File inputPropertiesFile = new File("/Users/adrian/Documents/workspace/Ronan/src/watermarker/test");
InputStream propertiesStream = new FileInputStream(inputPropertiesFile);

but I get this exception:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Users/adrian/Documents/workspace/Ronan/src/watermarker/test (No such file or directory)     at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)  at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:120)

But the file is at that location fooor suure.And is not empty.What is wrong there?

Thank you

Try an absolute path. Or make sure you're starting the program in a location that will find the file given the relative path. — AHungerArtist, Jan 12 '12 at 14:02
Can you actually access the file? Can you, say, `cat` it from the command line? `FileNotFoundException` is really useless an exception :/ — fge, Jan 12 '12 at 14:03
can you paste output of `ls -l "/Users/adrian/Documents/workspace/Ronan/src/watermarker/test"` command? — Michał Šrajer, Jan 12 '12 at 14:03
Are you sure that the path is correct? You check the "Users" name folder, it could be "users". — Michel Foucault, Jan 12 '12 at 14:04
@AHungerArtist my guess is Mac OS X, here, since it has a `Users` directory at the root — fge, Jan 12 '12 at 14:07
is there a file extension on "test"? also, try using [File.separator](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2417485/file-separator-vs-slash-in-paths) instead of slashes, you never know. — Matt K, Jan 12 '12 at 14:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:02

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Maybe you can check if the File is accessible for the Program?

If the File is not accessible, it also cannot be found and hence raises this exception.

answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:02

Max

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:04

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Yeah, if you try using /Users/adrian in explorer, you won't get to that path. If you use C:/Users/adrian, you will. I'm sure java is having the same problem

answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:04

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 30 '16 at 14:41

surround it by a try-catch block

try {
        inputStream = new FileInputStream(propertiesFile);
        prop.load(inputStream);
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
        getLog().error(e1);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        getLog().error(e);
    }

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:02

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Is the file readable by your process? Try changing its permissions

chmod 777 thefile

and rerunning. If that works, then you know its a permissions issue. changing the permissions like that is probably not a permanent solution, and can be a security risk if you are on a multi-user system. But that's a different problem...

answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:02

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I doubt he's running Linux given the path. – AHungerArtist Jan 12 '12 at 14:03

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:07

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On Windows? Maybe you run your code on D: instead C:. If so put full path "c:\Users\adrian..."

It looks like default path to Eclipse workspace on Win7. If so, I have no "/Documents/" in the path. I have "/Users/myname/workspace/projectName/src....".

answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:07

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