Program
import java.io.*;
public class FileCanWrite
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
File f = new File("bin");
if (f.canWrite())
{
System.out.println("Can be written");
}
else
{
System.out.println("Cannot be written");
}
}
}
Output
Can be written
Description
public boolean canWrite()
Tests whether the application can modify the file denoted by this abstract pathname. On some platforms it may be possible to start the Java virtual machine with special privileges that allow it to modify files that are marked read-only. Consequently this method may return true even though the file is marked read-only.
Returns:
true if and only if the file system actually contains a file denoted by this abstract pathname and the application is allowed to write to the file; false otherwise.
Throws:
SecurityException – If a security manager exists and its SecurityManager.checkWrite(java.lang.String) method denies write access to the file
