How to create new folder in given disk drive in Java?

Problem Statement :

Write a program in Java that creates a new directory (folder) in given disk drive.

Create a new directory in given disk drive in Java

Concept :

We need to use mkdir() method of File class that is present in java.io.* package. We are using below File constructor to create File class instance.

File file=new File(directorypath);

Algorithm :

1. Check whether given directory exists in given drive or not?
2. If directory exists then no need to create new directory otherwise create directory.

Java Program :

	package com.javamultiplex.filehandling;
	import java.io.BufferedReader;
	import java.io.File;
	import java.io.IOException;
	import java.io.InputStreamReader;
	import java.util.InputMismatchException;
	import java.util.Scanner;
	/**
	*
	* @author Rohit Agarwal
	* @category File Handling
	* @problem How to create directory in given drive?
	*
	*/
	public class CreateDirectory {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
	Scanner input = null;
	BufferedReader br = null;
	try {
	int result = 0;
	input = new Scanner(System.in);
	br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
	System.out.println("Enter drive letter : ");
	char ch = input.next(".").charAt(0);
	System.out.println("Enter Directory (folder) name : ");
	String directoryName = br.readLine();
	result = createNewDirectory(ch, directoryName);
	if (result == 1) {
	System.out.println("Directory " + directoryName + " successfully created in " + ch + " drive.");
	} else if (result == 0) {
	System.out.println("Error occured, path doesn't exist.");
	}
	} catch (InputMismatchException e) {
	System.out.println("Enter drive letter correctly!");
	} finally {
	if (input != null) {
	input.close();
	}
	if (br != null) {
	br.close();
	}
	}
	}
	private static int createNewDirectory(char ch, String directoryName) {
	// Creating File reference.
	File file = new File(ch + ":\\" + directoryName);
	boolean result = false;
	int flag = 0;
	// Checking whether directory exist or not in given path.
	if (file.exists()) {
	System.out.println("Directory " + directoryName + " already exist in " + ch + " drive.");
	flag = 2;
	} else {
	result = file.mkdir();
	if (result) {
	flag = 1;
	}
	}
	return flag;
	}
	}

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Output :

Output - How to create a new directory in given disk drive in Java?

After the execution of above program

directoy "javamultiplex" in d drive

References :

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html#exists()

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html#mkdir()

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

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Tags : File Handling, Create new directory, if else, Scanner, BufferedReader, File, String, Regular Expressions, InputStreamReader, java.io, mkdir(), exists().

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