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user3077162

Reputation: 231

java.io.FileNotFoundException: "C:/Users/Joe/Desktop/file.txt" (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)

i have this code :

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("Public Key to encrypt with: ");
String publicKeyFilename = in.readLine();
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(publicKeyFilename);

when i enter the destination of the file "C:/Users/Joe/Desktop/file.txt", the result is this error:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: "C:/Users/Joe/Desktop/file.txt" (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)

but the file exist, so what can i do?

Thank u..

Upvotes: 5

Views: 15837

Answers (3)

Dedkov Vadim
Dedkov Vadim

Reputation: 436

when i enter the destination of the file "C:/Users/Joe/Desktop/file.txt"

Filename should be provided without quotes ("")

Upvotes: 2

Hacky Suthar
Hacky Suthar

Reputation: 1

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.print("Public Key to encrypt with: ");
String publicKeyFilename = in.readLine();
try
    { 
        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(publicKeyFilename); 
    } 
catch(Exception e)
    {
        System.out.println("File error !!!"); 
    }

Upvotes: 0

scrblnrd3
scrblnrd3

Reputation: 7416

EDIT: I noticed that you were using forward slashes in your filename. If you're on windows, you want to use a backslash ()

If you're 100% sure that this file exists in the specific location, then it is one of two things. Also, try escaping the /s in your filename

Java will throw this exception when it is not handled correctly. Surround your statement in a try ... catch() block, or put throws FileNotFoundException, after having imported java.io.FileNotFoundException, like this:

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
try{
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
    (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    System.out.print("Public Key to encrypt with: ");
    String publicKeyFilename = in.readLine();
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(publicKeyFilename);
}catch(FileNotFoundException e){
    System.out.println("File does not exist");
}

or

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
void encrypt throws FileNotFoundException(){
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
    (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    System.out.print("Public Key to encrypt with: ");
    String publicKeyFilename = in.readLine();
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(publicKeyFilename);

}

Also, another reason is that the file is protected. Set the file to readonly, or read and write if you want to be able to do both.

Upvotes: 0

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