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1. How to make program copy file from package to user.dir in java?    stackoverflow.com

I want to create Java program that creates certain HTML files and since they all contain some images, program should also copy those images to the user.dir, where HTML files are ...

2. Java : File.exists() inconsistencies when setting "user.dir"    stackoverflow.com

JRE 6, on Windows XP. Instanciating two File objects with different constructors leads to inconsistent results in the File.exists() method. Disclaimer : the code below is an abstract, not the actual code. I ...

3. java scp ssh file copy to remote dir    stackoverflow.com

I am using ssh scp to send file from local dir to a remote dir using 0755 mode. I want to know whether this will overwrite the existing file with the ...

4. Prevent Dir deleting    stackoverflow.com

the following code is deleting files and DIRS in a specific folder. How could I adjust it, so it will delete only the files in the folder but not the dirs ...

5. Cheking dir    coderanch.com

How can I constantly check dir for new files? I tried following: import java.util.*; import java.io.*; public class ObservableDirReader extends Observable implements Runnable{ private String dirName; private File dir; private boolean shouldRun = true; public ObservableDirReader(String dirName) { this.dirName = dirName; try{ init(); }catch(Exception e){ new ExceptionHandler(e); } }// end constructor private void init() throws Exception{ dir = new File(dirName); if(!dir.isDirectory()){ ...

6. HELP!! Trying to read a file In the dir. I have changed to.    coderanch.com

I am currently able to read a file from the default dir. When I use the the File chooser I can read any file with the dir. it prompts me to. But, when I change directories I cannot read the files in a different dir. ??? I have created a class with a method that reads the file passed in as ...

7. Alternative to user.dir?    coderanch.com

Well user.dir is the one that's supposed to be guaranteed, so I'm wondering why it doesn't work. How are you calling it? What result do you get? As an alternative though, you can try something like new File("").getAbsolutePath() new File(".").getAbsolutePath() new File("").getCanonicalPath() new File(".").getCanonicalPath() Interpretation of these paths ("" or ".") is OS-dependant, but I believe they should work to give ...

9. How to copy paste a file from one dir to another????    coderanch.com

Hi , jgrus im having a problem related to File class,when i want to move one file from one directory to another directory and i found no such method in File class in jdk1.3 ,so 1------------what should i do for my this problem (means how to copy paste or cut paste the files from one directory to another). 2------------Is there any ...





11. get the list of files from a dir    coderanch.com

12. How to create a file inside a dir    coderanch.com

13. Copy file from path A to path B in *remote* dir    coderanch.com

Let there be a file F in path P1 in remote machine R. I have userid and password for that remote machine and can do FTP, etc. just fine. Now, let's say that I wish to copy file to a different path (say) P2, in the same remote machine R, for backup purposes. Surely, I cannot use Java file I/O to ...

14. compare file names of 2 dir pleas help    coderanch.com

I am actually building a client server application. which compares the file names of the client directory (C:\Program Files\MS Patches)with file name of the server directory (C:\Program Files\MS Patches). "these 2 directories are hard coded you may obviously have to change it if you want to run the program". and then prints the file names which are not on the client ...

15. java files in same dir. but one can't call other    coderanch.com

Hai Friends, I have my java files in a MyJava folder. i set the path by c:\MyJava>path=.;c:/program files/java/jdk1.5.0/bin/ I can able to compile and run single-stand alone java files in MyJava folder. But whenever i am trying to compile a java files which is also in MyJava folder but which uses/(has code) other java class files in the same folder i ...

16. I/O - creating a directory vs. not creating a dir    coderanch.com

Hi guys, I'm currently experimenting with creating files and directories. I've learned that it's good practice to "play" with code in order to gain a better understanding of how something works or doesn't work. Take a look at the following code: import java.io.*; class NoFileDirDemo { public static void main(String[]args) { try { File myDir = new File("dexDir"); //myDir.mkdir(); // call ...





17. Show dir and file structure exactly as it is    coderanch.com

I'm trying to show all directories and if a dir contains files i want to show all of them before moving on to the next dir. I have a dir called imagetest. This contains a dir named 'folder1'. This contains 2 files (folder1_img1.jpg and folder1_img2.jpg) as well as 2 sub dirs folder2a and folder2b. folder2a contains 1 file and folder2b contains ...

18. Deleting a Folder or dir which contain more than 10K subfolders    coderanch.com

Hi, Thank you so much for spending your valuable time for my question. I am using JAVA 1.6 and my requirement is : My application will process around 1000 files/minute and these files will get stored in folders based on root/date/xx/xx/files.xxx . One shedular will run every day and it will check if the date is older than 'X' days it ...

19. renaming all files in one dir    coderanch.com

hi, I have written a little class to rename all files in a dir, but with the added feature that files are "shuffled" before they're renamed... String[] textFileNames = directory.list(new FilenameFilter() { public boolean accept(File dir, String name) { return name.endsWith(".jpg") || name.endsWith( ".JPG"); } }); ArrayList photos = new ArrayList(); for (int i=0; i < textFileNames.length; i++) { System.out.println("curr file ...

20. renaming all files in one dir    coderanch.com

I still haven't found solution to this problem.. http://www.coderanch.com/t/533908/Streams/java/renaming-all-files-one-dir#2421578 I just ran the class again, it removed three images, have no idea where it put them... :-( they're not in the trash.. this is bad bad bad...:-( have six folders, with 17 imgs each.. now have start all over again organizing these photos, b/c have no way of knowing which ones ...

21. Copy file from 1 dir to another dir of the same system    java-forums.org

Hi, JosAH Thanks for your quick replay, Here my question is not to copy file from 1 dir to another dir on the system only, But the question is- I want a java program which will run on system 1 and connect system2 and copy a file from its one directory and paste it in another directory of the system2 only. ...

22. running external program in directory different from working dir    java-forums.org

That's not an option I think. Here is why: I am using multi-threading to start multiple external programs at once. Since they all produce files with the same filename, they need to be executed in different directories. otherwise I would have files with equal filenames. Note that I have no possibility to set the filename as an argument of the external ...

23. Get current directory(without user.dir)!!!!    forums.oracle.com

Dudes, need help badly... i need to get the current directory of the jar file where it gets launched from. Since the launching takes place from an html file, the system property "user.dir" does not get set to the current directory. Both the html as well as the jar file is in the same location. so in short, i need to ...

25. Searching currend Dir for first file with *.xxx extension    forums.oracle.com

Hi again, Right now upon running my program immediatety looks around its currect directory to see if it can find a file named "default.fri". if it does, its happy, else it asks the user to tell it where the correct *.fri file is. I would like the program to look around for ANY *.fri file and the first one it sees ...

26. Watch Dir For New File    forums.oracle.com

If a new file is added to a directory,Do you believe that the timeStamp of that specific directory will be changed.I noticed that the directory timestamp changes only when the entire directory is replaced. So in this case we need to get the list of files and compare each time not depending on the time stamp. Correct me if I am ...

29. list files in a dir & all files in subdirectory relative to root directory    forums.oracle.com

when i run my code, i get a list of all files in the directory alright, but i also get a list of all subdirectories within myDirectory. What i want is to get into all subdirectories and get a list of all the files in them. for example, assuming i've got 4 files and two subdirectories within myDirectory, what i want ...

30. how to create a file in a particular DIR?    forums.oracle.com

31. Check if dir has files    forums.oracle.com