Problem with creating a file in the current directory and with the current time stamp

[linda russel]

import java.io.File;

public class FileCreation {
public static void main(String args[]){
	File f1=new File("C:\\Users\\linda\\workspace\\autotest\\testresults\\tempfolder");
	f1.mkdir();
}
}

In the above code i have created a new folder under the testresults folder. but i want to create the same in current directory. how do i specify the current directory as path?

and how do i name the created folder with current timestamp?

are there any methods??

[linda russel]

import java.io.File;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
 
public class GetCurrentTimeStamp 
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
	 java.util.Date date= new java.util.Date();
	Timestamp  a=new Timestamp(date.getTime());
	String temp=a.toString();
	System.out.println(temp);
	File f1=new File(temp);
	System.out.println(f1.mkdir());
    }
}

i tired with the following code without success

[Swastik Dey]

Reason is a file name can't contain the following characters in windows

*\:/?<>"|

[linda russel]

what is the workaround then?

[Swastik Dey]

May be you could format that datetime in some other way, that doesn't contain those characters.

[linda russel]

ok thanks.

[linda russel]

import java.io.File;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;
 
public class GetCurrentTimeStamp 
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
	// java.util.Date date= new java.util.Date();
//	Timestamp  a=new Timestamp(date.getTime());
	//String temp=a.toString();
	//System.out.println(temp);
	String filePath="C:\\Users\\linda\\workspace\\febtemporary\\src";
	//String finalPath=filePath+temp;
	
	String foldername=getDateTime();
	String finalPath=filePath + foldername;
	File f1=new File(finalPath);
	System.out.println(f1.mkdir());
	
	
    }
    
    private  final static String getDateTime()  
    {  
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss");  
      //  df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PST"));  
        return df.format(new Date());  
    }  
}

why it didnt create for the following??

[Rob Spoor]

Your parent path doesn't end with a \. That means that your path is something like C:\\Users\\linda\\workspace\\febtemporary\\src2012-02-06_02-39-15. It wouldn't surprise me if that actually exists now.

[linda russel]

Thanks Rob


I corrected with the following line of code

String currentDir = new File(".").getAbsolutePath();

[linda russel]

 
public class GetCurrentTimeStamp 
{
    public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException
    {
	
	String currentDir = new File(".").getAbsolutePath();
	System.out.println(currentDir);
	String folderNameWithTimeStamp=getDateTime();
	System.out.println(folderNameWithTimeStamp);
	String finalPath=currentDir + folderNameWithTimeStamp;
	File f1=new File(finalPath);
	f1.mkdir();
	
	  WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
	    driver.get("http://www.google.com/");
	    File scrFile = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
	    // FileUtils method to copy  the screenshot to a particular destination  present in selenium-server-standalone2.17.0
	    FileUtils.copyFile(scrFile, new File("c:\\tmp\\screenshot.png"));

	
	
    }
    
    private  final static String getDateTime()  
    {  
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss");  
      //  df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("PST"));  
        return df.format(new Date());  
    }  
}

finally the following code worked fine. am happy with it. but i want a slight modification. how do i store my screenshots inside the dynamically created folders

 finalPath