Re: file path issue

On Mar 23, 2:47 am, Shibu Narayanan <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I have a file path saved in a text configuration file.  I am not able to create the file.  If I hard code the file path, it works.
>
> I have tried to give the file path as "C:\\myDir\\New.txt" as well as with single backslash "C:\myDir\New.txt".
>
> Code below..
>
> var filePath1 ='';
>
> //this works
>
> filePath1 = "C:\\myDir\\New.txt";
>
> writeToFile(filePath1, "Hello World");
>
> //this does not work
>
> filePath1 = getfilePath1(); //the filepath URL is read from a text file
>
> writeToFile(filePath1, "Hello World");

From my own experience, this is how I would create a new file when the
file name is not static:

var filePath1 = getfilePath1(); // full path & file name; ie - C:\
\myDir\\New.txt
var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;
1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
file.initWithPath( filePath1 );
file.create( Components.interfaces.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 420 );

Other more skilled folks here can probably tweak this a bit, but this
snippett has worked for me.