Java Security

Hi All,

While listing the keystore using the command keytool -list, I got the error message that

keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Keystore file does not exist: C:\Documents and Settings\subramanian.arivalag\.keystore

I noticed there is no file .keystore in the above mentioned directory. What's this .keystore file? Will it be created automatically or should we create manually?

Already I created a keystore using -genkey command and received CA authority also.

Kindly provide me more details about .keystore file and how to handle this error.