Creates automatically a new and empty file with the name of its abstract pathname if there is not yet a file with that name.
1 file.createNewFile
<file.createNewFile>
<file /> !
</file.createNewFile>
| Arguments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Required | Unique | Nullable | Description |
| Efile | File | String of bytes to copy, this can be obtained directly from a file or from a string of characters InputStream. | |||
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
| Boolean | Returns true if the name did not already exist and the file was created successfully and false in the case that a file with this name already exists. |
Example
Copy a file of a directory to another.
Copy
<xsql-script name='file_copy_sample1'>
<body>
<set name='my_file'>
<string>my_file.txt</string>
</set>
<file.bytes.write>
<file name='#my_file'/>
<string.getBytes>file's text</string.getBytes>
</file.bytes.write>
<set name = 'm_file'>
<file name='my_file.txt'/>
</set>
<println>
<file.createNewFile>
<m_file/>
</file.createNewFile>
</println>
</body>
</xsql-script>