Question

I am trying to refer to a location on my computer, however Java is telling me that I have the wrong syntax.

Is this line correct?

File newlyUploadedFile = new File(“D:\\” + fileName);

The thing is the file gets uploaded correctly to the location I want it to go to, but I get the error:

java.io.IOException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect

Answer 1

Escape your backslashes in java strings, always.

File newlyUploadedFile = new File("D:\\" + fileName);

The IOException is caused by the system not finding the file you specified in filename. Try adding

newlyUploadedFile.exists();

and see what it returns. If your path returns false then you have a mistake in filename.