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Report on a file's status in Java

    

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Report on a file's status in Java
 * 
 * @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
 * @version $Id: FileStatus.java,v 1.6 2004/03/11 03:25:35 ian Exp $
 */
public class FileStatus {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException {

    // Ensure that a filename (or something) was given in argv[0]
    if (argv.length == 0) {
      System.err.println("Usage: FileStatus filename");
      System.exit(1);
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
      status(argv[i]);
    }
  }

  public static void status(String fileName) throws IOException {
    System.out.println("---" + fileName + "---");

    // Construct a File object for the given file.
    File f = new File(fileName);

    // See if it actually exists
    if (!f.exists()) {
      System.out.println("file not found");
      System.out.println(); // Blank line
      return;
    }
    // Print full name
    System.out.println("Canonical name " + f.getCanonicalPath());
    // Print parent directory if possible
    String p = f.getParent();
    if (p != null) {
      System.out.println("Parent directory: " + p);
    }
    // Check if the file is readable
    if (f.canRead()) {
      System.out.println("File is readable.");
    }
    // Check if the file is writable
    if (f.canWrite()) {
      System.out.println("File is writable.");
    }
    // Report on the modification time.
    Date d = new Date();
    d.setTime(f.lastModified());
    System.out.println("Last modified " + d);

    // See if file, directory, or other. If file, print size.
    if (f.isFile()) {
      // Report on the file's size
      System.out.println("File size is " + f.length() + " bytes.");
    } else if (f.isDirectory()) {
      System.out.println("It's a directory");
    } else {
      System.out.println("I dunno! Neither a file nor a directory!");
    }

    System.out.println(); // blank line between entries
  }
}

           
         
    
    
    
  








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