I want to be able to update a certain line on a text file. But I get the error that it cannot delete the file, why do I get this error?
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Main rlf = new Main();
rlf.removeLineFromFile("F:\\text.txt", "bbb");
}
public void removeLineFromFile(String file, String lineToRemove) {
try {
File inFile = new File(file);
if (!inFile.isFile()) {
System.out.println("Parameter is not an existing file");
return;
}
//Construct the new file that will later be renamed to the original filename.
File tempFile = new File(inFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".tmp");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(tempFile));
String line = null;
//Read from the original file and write to the new
//unless content matches data to be removed.
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
if (!line.trim().equals(lineToRemove)) {
pw.println(line);
pw.flush();
}
}
pw.close();
br.close();
//Delete the original file
if (!inFile.delete()) {
System.out.println("Could not delete file");
return;
}
//Rename the new file to the filename the original file had.
if (!tempFile.renameTo(inFile)) System.out.println("Could not rename file");
}
catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}