Create an empty file on FTP server in Java

Question

I need some Java way alike bash touch-command on FTP – create an empty file on FTP server with org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient (or another library).

Answer 1

Upload an empty "in-memory file", like this:

InputStream bin = ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0]);
ftpClient.storeFile("/remote/path/emptyfile", bin);