How to check a file is read-able or not in java

This tutorial demonstrate that how to rectify a file whether it have read permission or not.

This tutorial demonstrate that how to rectify a file whether it have read permission or not.

Description:

This example demonstrate how to check a file have read permission or not at a specified path. The method canRead() of the File class check for its read property of a file. As in the file path we see '\' (backslash) that is used to denote file separation but here in this example File.separator is used.

Code:


import java.io.File;

	

public class CheckFileCanRead {

  public static void main(String[] a) {

    File findFile = new File("C:" + File.separator + "java-tutorial"

        + File.separator + "Test" + File.separator +

        "anyfile.txt");

    System.out.println(findFile.canRead());

  }

}

Output:

The output of this example is either true or false depends on the file have read property at the specified path that is set in the program above.

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