unable to locate the Temporary file

[Siva kandasamy]

Hi there,
See the code below. Please help,
I am unable to locate the Temporary file "pattern.txt" after execution in UNIX environment.

thanks
siva

 import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
 
class Test {
 
public static void main(String[] args ){
 

    try {
      // Create temp file.
      File temp = File.createTempFile("pattern", ".txt");
    
      // Delete temp file when program exits.
      // temp.deleteOnExit();
    
      // Write to temp file
      BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(temp));
      out.write("aString");
      out.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }
        

 
}
} 

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Just use something like

System.out.println(temp.getAbsolutePath())

to display the file's name and path, and then you'll know where to find it.

Note, also, that empty "catch" blocks like this are the easiest, cheapest way to drive yourself completely insane while debugging. Always at the very least call e.printStackTrace() so that you know a problem occurred.