Question

I am reading some Java text about RandomAccessFile, in the text, the author says:

RandomAccessFile(File file, String mode)

• Mode “r” to open the file for reading only

  Mode “rw” to open for both reading and writing

  Mode “rws” is same as rw and any changes to the file’s content or
  metadata take place immediately (since java 5)

  Mode “rwd” is same as rw, and changes to the file content, but not
  its metadata, take place immediately (since java 5)

I am not sure that I understand the difference between “rws” and “rwd”. I have tried to run some related code but did not see any points?

Can anyone have a clear example, please?

Answer 1

File metadata in Java is explained here. An example of metadata that might not be updated immediately with “rwd” mode would be if you set the file modification time by calling Files.setLastModifiedTime(file, time).