Solved "System could not find path specified"

I was creating a file and the System could not find the path specified apparently. I set the location to: "plugins/BanAPI/bans.yml" so, I don't know. Here's the whole method.

Code:java

private static void setupBansFile() {
 
        dataFile = new File("plugins/BanAPI/bans.yml");
 
        if (!dataFile.exists()) {
 
        try {
            System.out.println("[%s] <BanAPI> Creating the bans.yml file..".replaceAll("%s", pl.getName()));
            dataFile.createNewFile();
            System.out.println("[%s] <BanAPI> Created the bans.yml file!".replaceAll("%s", pl.getName()));
        }
 
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("[%s] <BanAPI> Could not create the bans.yml file!".replaceAll("%s", pl.getName()));
        }
    }
 
        dataConfig = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(dataFile);
 
    }

 

FadedMystery

Code:java

new File(getDataFolder(), "bans.yml");

 

Gater12 The thing is I want the folder in BanAPI not the plugin's folder.

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Fixed it; for those who are wondering how I fixed it I made a separate File variable for the location of the file then, mkdir()'d it.
Example:

Code:java

File dir = new File("plugins" + File.separator + "BanAPI");
 
        if(!dir.exists()) dir.mkdir();

then after, with the bans.yml file, I did it like this:

Code:java

dataFile = new File(dir + File.separator + "bans.yml");

I added "File.separator" instead of "/" because I heard for other operating systems it can cause problems.

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