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Java

Posted by Emily Galore
Emily Galore
352 Points

Java can't find my file 

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.*;

public class Project1 {
    public static void main (String [] args) throws IOException {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

        File file = new File("/MacintoshHD/Users/emilygalore/TextEdit/weasleystore.txt");
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(file);

        System.out.println(scan.nextLine());
    }
}

HELP! Not sure what I am doing wrong. I keep getting this error when I try to compile: 

Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: /MacintoshHD/Users/emilygalore/TextEdit/weasleystore.txt (No such file or directory)
    at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:213)
    at java.base/java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:155)
    at java.base/java.util.Scanner.<init>(Scanner.java:639)
    at Project1.main(Project1.java:9)