Servlet : create text file using servlets in eclipse

Question

when i try to create a text file usnig servlet in eclipse it generate an exception FileNotFound

File file = new File("WebContent/WEB-INF/user.txt");
file.createNewFile();

after this the file not found exception throw.

Answer 1

you don't need to give the path.

File file = new File("user.txt");
file.createNewFile();

This will create a file user.txt under Web-Inf .

Answer 2

The Exception is because the path does not exists. Use PremGenError's answer for the default location, or If you want to create a new path do file.mkdirs()