/**
     * Atomically creates a new, empty file named by this abstract pathname if
     * and only if a file with this name does not yet exist.  The check for the
     * existence of the file and the creation of the file if it does not exist
     * are a single operation that is atomic with respect to all other
     * filesystem activities that might affect the file.  This method, in
     * combination with the <code>{@link #deleteOnExit}</code> method, can
     * therefore serve as the basis for a simple but reliable cooperative
     * file-locking protocol.
     *
     * @return  <code>true</code> if the named file did not exist and was
     *          successfully created; <code>false</code> if the named file
     *          already exists or if an I/O error occurred
     *
     * @throws  SecurityException
     *          If a security manager exists and its <code>{@link
     *          java.lang.SecurityManager#checkWrite}</code> method denies
     *          write access to the file
     *
     * @since JDK1.2
     */
    public boolean createNewFile();

N/A

Waiting for review and CCC approval.  --   xxxxx@xxxxx   4/19/1998

Done.  --   xxxxx@xxxxx   5/14/1998