Determine if a file can be written in Java
Description
The following code shows how to determine if a file can be written.
Example
/* ww w.j av a 2 s .c o m*/
import java.io.File;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String filePath = "C:/Text.txt";
File file = new File(filePath);
if (file.canWrite()) {
System.out.println("writable");
} else {
System.out.println("not writable");
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.