It’s also possible that the specific issue you’re having isn’t a FileNotFoundException. By using the “Exception” in a catch block (which is the parent class to all Exceptions) this is effectively a “catch all”, since it will run if there is an `Exception or any of its subclasses thrown. Try the following change: This will … Read more
When you create a new File, you are supposed to provide the file name, not only the directory you want to put your file in. Try with something like
You might also be experiencing what I am: that the directory name contains some unusual characters. In my case, That copyright sign is the issue. So using concepts drawn from Obtaining the short 8.3 filename from a long filename, I convert my paths to short form first, then use that to get my list of files. … Read more
You need to put the file processing statements inside a method:
There are a number situation where a FileNotFoundException may be thrown at runtime. The named file does not exist. This could be for a number of reasons including: The pathname is simply wrong The pathname looks correct but is actually wrong because it contains non-printing characters (or homoglyphs) that you did not notice The pathname is relative, … Read more
Put the word.txt directly as a child of the project root folder and a peer of src Disclaimer: I’d like to explain why this works for this particular case and why it may not work for others. Why it works: When you use File or any of the other FileXxx variants, you are looking for a file on the file … Read more
Make sure the file exists: use os.listdir() to see the list of files in the current working directory Make sure you’re in the directory you think you’re in with os.getcwd() (if you launch your code from an IDE, you may well be in a different directory) You can then either: Call os.chdir(dir), dir being the … Read more