Thread: How to create a folder with spaces written in Java under Linux?

Hello,

I have a serious problem

I want to run a Linux command using a Java class with the runtime interface, there is a command to create a folder named eg "My Folder", with a space

For create the Unix command is easy to do either:
mkdir My\ Folder
or
mkdir "My Folder"

But how to translate this in Java, I tried with two commands :
Runtime.exec("mkdir My\\ Folder")
Runtime.exec("mkdir \"My Folder\"")

Here is an example:
#
import java.io.IOException;
public class CreerDossier {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
runtime.exec("mkdir My\\ Folder");
runtime.exec("mkdir \"My Folder\"");
}
}

But it's still not working,

For runtime.exec("mkdir My\\ Folder") it creates two folders My\ and Folder
For runtime.exec("mkdir \"My Folder\"") it creates also two folders "My and Folder"

Are there solutions?

Thank you !

I have not understood enough,
can you give me an example please?
Thanks for your response

Thanks, it is clear know,

how we use your method for this command :
"chmod 777 My\ Folder" ?

that is :
String[] cmdLine = {"chmod", "777", "My Folder"};
...exec(cmdLine);

Thank you !

I would like to know why you need to run an OS-specific command? The point of Java is that it is not system-dependent.

There are Java commands to create a directory already.

It's OK, with :

String[] cmdLine = {"chmod", "777", "My Folder"};
...exec(cmdLine);

thank you a lot