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On 8/12/2011 11:19 AM, KevinSimonson wrote:
>  new FileWriter( arguments[ 1])));

> So try running this program and doing various things to the two
> files.  If you can find something that actually generates a
> <IOException>, please, _please_, let me know what you did!


The FileWriter constructor is declared to generate an IOExcpetion.  I 
don't have time to mess with it, but it's likely a large variety of 
network file systems could generate an IO error of various types.

While any other error might be swallowed by the PrintWriter, you are 
briefly exposed to the vagaries file system while that constructor is 
running.