Uwe: > That is not true, the API says: > "Creates a new File *instance* from a parent pathname string and a child > pathname string." > > Please note "instance", so it will never create the file on disk. New File() > just creates a file instance but no file on disk. You can check this with a > simple test. OK but what the about the exception? If the creation of the File instance do not throw an exception and the method File.length() returns 0 if a file does not exists RAMDirectory and other classes which also override this method should be modified to return 0. Best regards, Marcelo.
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