/** writes safely (to temp file, then rename) */ public static void saveBinaryFile(String fileName, byte[] contents) throws IOException { File file = new File(fileName); File parentFile = file.getParentFile(); if (parentFile != null) parentFile.mkdirs(); String tempFileName = fileName + "_temp"; FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(tempFileName); fileOutputStream.write(contents); fileOutputStream.close(); if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) throw new IOException("Can't delete " + fileName); if (!new File(tempFileName).renameTo(file)) throw new IOException("Can't rename " + tempFileName + " to " + fileName); }