Java - how do I write a file to a specified directory

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I want to write a file results txt to a specific directory on my machine  Z  results to be precise   How do I go about specifying the directory to BufferedWriter FileWriter   Currently  it writes the file successfully but to the directory where my source code is located  Thanks      public void writefile         try          Writer output   null          File file   new File  results txt            output   new BufferedWriter new FileWriter file             for int i 0  i lt 100  i                  CODE TO FETCH RESULTS AND WRITE FILE                    output close            System out println  File has been written          catch Exception e           System out println  Could not create file

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The best practice is using File separator in the paths

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Just put the full directory location in the File object   File file   new File  z   results txt

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Use   File file   new File  Z   results  results txt      You need to double the backslashes in Windows because the backslash character itself is an escape in Java literal strings   For POSIX system such as Linux  just use the default file path without doubling the forward slash  this is because forward slash is not a escape character in Java   File file   new File   home userName Documents results txt

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You should use the secondary constructor for File to specify the directory in which it is to be symbolically created  This is important because the answers that say to create a file by prepending the directory name to original name  are not as system independent as this method   Sample code   String dirName      something to pull specified dir from input      String fileName    test txt   File dir   new File  dirName   File actualFile   new File  dir  fileName       rest is the same      Hope it helps

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