Instantiation

Recipes to create a File

import better.files._
import File._
import java.io.{File => JFile}

val f = File("/User/johndoe/Documents")                      // using constructor
val f1: File = file"/User/johndoe/Documents"                 // using string interpolator
val f2: File = "/User/johndoe/Documents".toFile              // convert a string path to a file
val f3: File = new JFile("/User/johndoe/Documents").toScala  // convert a Java file to Scala
val f4: File = root/"User"/"johndoe"/"Documents"             // using root helper to start from root
val f5: File = `~` / "Documents"                             // also equivalent to `home / "Documents"`
val f6: File = "/User"/"johndoe"/"Documents"                 // using file separator DSL
val f7: File = "/User"/'johndoe/'Documents                   // same as above but using Symbols instead of Strings
val f8: File = home/"Documents"/"presentations"/`..`         // use `..` to navigate up to parent

Note: Rename the import if you think the usage of the class File may confuse your teammates:

import better.files.{File => ScalaFile, _}
import java.io.File

I personally prefer renaming the Java crap instead:

import better.files._
import java.io.{File => JFile}