Question

    private static String readPasswordFile(String masterPassFilePath) throws Exception
        {
            File masterPassFile = new File(masterPassFilePath);
            if (!masterPassFile.exists())
            {
                throw new Exception("["+masterPassFilePath+"] does not exist");
            }
}

with the masterPassFile being equal to:

C:\temp\master.pass

which the returns true for the if statement throwing the error.

I’ve tried a bunch of different masterPassFilePath values

C://temp//master.pass
C:/temp/master.pass

etc etc

other info the master.pass is a dat file

I’m kinda stumped

EDIT:

To respond about permission, yup I can access it I have created it.

The backslash forwardslash issue. No matter what I have tried

masterPassFile has always been equal to:

C:\temp\master.pass

now why would this return true for

!.exists()

Answer 1

Under a modern Windows “C:/temp/master.pass” should work, if you have rights to the directory and file. With backslashes one needs to escape them in a java source: “C:\\temp\\master.pass“. Try another file (maybe locked).