NoSuchFileException Java Origin: Application & API Last updated 13 Oct 2026

java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /path/file

An NIO Files operation targeted a path that doesn’t exist.

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Meaning

The NIO equivalent of FileNotFoundException — the message is just the path. Missing parent directories are a common cause when writing.

Common causes

  • File or parent directory doesn’t exist
  • Relative path resolution
  • Race with deletion

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Create parents: Files.createDirectories(path.getParent())
  2. Check Files.exists
  3. Resolve paths from a known base

Detailed fix by platform

Java

  1. java
    Files.createDirectories(out.getParent());
Files.writeString(out, content);

How to diagnose

  1. Path — Which path?
  2. Parent — Does the directory exist?

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Where this error sits

Origin: Application & API. Errors that are often confused with or caused by this one (click to open):

0x80070020 — 0x80070020: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process (Windows)0x800700200x80070570 — Error 0x80070570: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable (Windows)0x80070570Access to the path is denied — System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'x' is denied (.NET)Access to the path is…AccessDeniedException — java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /path (Java)AccessDeniedExceptionArgument list too long — bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long (Linux)Argument list too longEEXIST — Error: EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir (Node.js)EEXISTEISDIR — Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read (Node.js)EISDIRENOENT — Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory (Node.js)ENOENTNoSuchFil…

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