PROBLEM - Possible Cause of PrintWriter or BufferedWriter not printing to file

Problem


PrintWriter / BufferedWriter not printing to file


Possible Causes


1. No Permission on the Folder

Make sure that you have required permission on the folder. Try to create an empty file to make sure.

2. Som Other Process might be clearing / overwriting

3. You are not calling flush at the end of program. If you are printing too much content, it will flush content periodically once the buffer is filled. To throw residual content on to the file, you will have to call .flush method explicitly.