java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specified writing a textfile

ioexception, java, text-files

Solution

If you're working with the File class already, consider using its full potential instead of doing half the work on your own:

File outputText = new File(filePath.getParentFile(), "Decrypted.txt");

Problem

I'm writing a program where I'm trying to create a new text file in the current directory, and then write a string to it. However, when trying to create the file, this block of code: ``` //Create the output text file. File outputText = new File(filePath.getParentFile() + "\\Decrypted.txt"); try { outputText.createNewFile(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } ``` is giving me this error message: ``` java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specified at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) at java.io.File.createNewFile(Unknown Source) at code.Crypto.decrypt(Crypto.java:55) at code.Crypto.main(Crypto.java:27) ``` Because of this I cannot write to the file because it naturally does not exist. What am I doing wrong here?

Original source