CreateFolder Module - using variable in pathToCreate?

[dutchM]

I want the folder to be created to be names as today's date in a Month-Day-Year format. So 8-9-2012. I added calendar code to it:

//Really simple version:

//return new File(path).mkdirs();

//Version with decent error reporting:

File dir = new File(pathToCreate);

Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();

// Get the components of the date

int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);

int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);

int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

if( dir.exists() ) return false;

if( dir.mkdirs() ) { //Success!

return true;

} else { //Figure out why it failed

File realParent = dir;

while( realParent != null && ! realParent.exists() ) {

realParent = realParent.getParentFile();

}

if( realParent != null && !realParent.canWrite() ) {

throw new FileNotFoundException("Directory " + dir.getAbsolutePath() + " could not be created because the parent directory " + realParent.getAbsolutePath() + " is not writeable" );

} else {

throw new FileNotFoundException("Directory + " + dir.getAbsolutePath() + " could not be created because of an unknown error." );

}

}

but how do I get variables to work in the pathToCreate? I tried /Users/erickornmeyer/Desktop/DBPrice Updates/Pricing/Vendor Cost Updates/$month-$day-$year but it didn't do anything. Any help would be appreciated!

[john renfrew]

You are making the file object before the calendar stuff and then not doing anything with it

This might get you nearer

Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar()



// Get the components of the date

int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR)

int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH)

int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH



SEP = System.getProperty('file.separator')

pathToCreate = pathToCreate + SEP + month + '-' + day + '-' + year

// will give e.g. path/child/01-31-2012



File dir = new File(pathToCreate)



if( dir.exists() ) return false

if( dir.mkdirs() ) { //Success!

return true

} else { //Figure out why it failed

File realParent = dir

while( realParent != null && ! realParent.exists() ) {

realParent = realParent.getParentFile()

} //end while

if( realParent != null && !realParent.canWrite() ) {

throw new FileNotFoundException('Directory ' + dir.getAbsolutePath() + ' could not be created because the parent directory ' + realParent.getAbsolutePath() + ' is not writeable' )

} else {

throw new FileNotFoundException('Directory + ' + dir.getAbsolutePath() + ' could not be created because of an unknown error.' )

} //end if

} //end if

although you could do

end = new Date().format ('mm-dd-yyyy')

pathToCreate = pathToCreate + SEP + end

[dutchM]

end = new Date().format ('mm-dd-yyyy')

pathToCreate = pathToCreate + SEP + end

Worked great except the output was 31-14-2012 for today. Not sure where it is getting that month value

Changed it to MM and it works now, thanks!

[john renfrew]

Sorry, typo on my part. mm is indeed minutes, MM is month number MMM is short month name.

It uses SimpleDateFormat, details of which are here.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html