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1. Standard concise way to copy a file in Java?    stackoverflow.com

It has always bothered me that the only way to copy a file in Java involves opening streams, declaring a buffer, reading in one file, looping through it, and writing it ...

2. copy files from one solaris 9 to another using java    stackoverflow.com

How to copy file(s) from one solaris 9 machine to another solaris 9 machine using only java? We have ssh access to both machines. The java program will run on one of ...

3. Move / Copy File Operations in Java    stackoverflow.com

Is there a standard Java library that handles common file operations such as moving/copying files/folders?

4. CMD file copy from Java    stackoverflow.com

I am looking to open up a command prompt and pass in a copy command, some switches, and the source file plus destination. I've tried the code below but nothing appears ...

5. How to know whether a file copying is 'in progress'/complete in java (1.6)    stackoverflow.com

I am writing a directory monitoring utility in java(1.6) using polling at certain intervals using lastModified long value as the indication of change. I found that when my polling interval is ...

6. Java- Copy file to either new file or existing file    stackoverflow.com

I would like to write a function copy(File f1, File f2) f1 is always a file. f2 is either a file or a directory. If f2 is a directory I would like to copy ...

7. Copy STDOUT to file without stopping it showing onscreen    stackoverflow.com

The program I am making is designed to be run unattended, because of this I have redirected the stdout and stderr streams to a log file. While this works without any ...

8. Copying Files with Spaces    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to copy one file to another directory, but the way I am copying the file is not working when the source path has a directory with spaces in it, ...

9. While Copying plist to somewhere else filetype getting changed    stackoverflow.com

I am interested in copying the plist from my application to somewhere in the folder. I am trying but that file's type getting changed Unix Executable file to Document Is there ...





10. Why doesn't Java have a file copy?    stackoverflow.com

Why does Java not have a file copy method? This seems like such an obvious thing to have, and it saves people from writing things like this example.

11. java - effective files copying    stackoverflow.com

i would like to know which is the best way to copy large number of files.

12. Java, copying file to jre    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to create a small application that will copy some .jar files into the latest jre. Is there anyway of finding out which is this path? I've looking at the File ...

13. Copying a file to another    stackoverflow.com

I have a code which at first search for some files that have the "java" extension and then I want to copy the content of one file to these files which ...

14. java IO to copy one File to another    stackoverflow.com

I have two Java.io.File objects file1 and file2. I want to copy the contents from file1 to file2. Is there an standard way to do this without me having to create ...

15. SVNKit: Commit files that were manually deleted from filesystem( Work Copy)    stackoverflow.com

I can not solve the problem with collecting CommitItem(changes that commit), or more accurately, I have no porblem with the changed and added files BUT files that I manually deleted from ...

16. Java: Copying an exe-file and launching afterwards fails    stackoverflow.com

I want to copy an existing .exe-file from one directory to another and launch it afterwards with Java. Like this:

FileIO.copy( new File( sourceFile ), new File( targetFile ) );
System.out.println( "Existing: " ...





17. Trying to copy file from one location to another    stackoverflow.com

Hello I'm trying to copy file to another directory with commons fileUtils. I tried this

FileUtils.copyFile(getOutputFile(), new File("RESULT/final_result.txt");
The new final_result.txt file contains only the first line of my output file, what ...

18. Fastest way to copy files in Java    stackoverflow.com

What ist the fastest way to copy a big number of files in Java. So far I have used file streams and nio. Overall streams seem to be faster than nio. ...

19. File copy is stuck in an infinite loop    stackoverflow.com

The below code seems to be stuck in an infinate loop. I have to terminate the program to stop it running. Here's the output & the code -

File copied from c:\projects\test\buildlist.txt ...

20. Verify file is copied in Java    stackoverflow.com

I'm working on moving some files to a different directory in my project and it's working great, except for the fact that I can't verify it's moved properly. I want to verify ...

21. How to use variables loaded from configuration files (acces by fields of static obejct or copy it )?    stackoverflow.com

What is faster (and better) ? :

  1. Load variables to a special static object and when a variable from configuration file is needed get variale from static object's field.
  2. Copy configuration variable to a local field when creating new ...

22. How to copy file in java    stackoverflow.com

Im trying to copy a file in java and move it to a new folder. This is the code i HAve been using but I always get this error "(Access is ...

23. large files Download in Java using FileCopyUtils.copy    stackoverflow.com

I wrote some codes to download files from the Sever to the clients machines:

   BufferedInputStream in = null;
           ...

24. delay in copy a file from one location to another in java    stackoverflow.com

       File dynFile = new File(path1);
        boolean fileCreated = dynFile.createNewFile();
        Writer ...

25. Copy and rename file on different location    stackoverflow.com

I have one file example.tar.gz and I need to copy to another location with different name example_test.tar.gz. I tried with

private  void copyFile(File srcFile, File destFile) throws IOException 
  ...

26. Copy and create files in Java    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to understand how should I use File class in order to create a new file. Assuming that I want to copy the file D:\example\file1 and having the same file, that ...

27. How can I copy a file and paste it to the clipboard using Java?    stackoverflow.com

How can I copy a file and paste it to the clipboard using Java? My program can copy but it cannot paste. It gives

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException:
...

28. Java copy files distorting file    stackoverflow.com

So I am trying to copy a file to a new location this way:

FileReader in = new FileReader(strTempPath);
FileWriter out = new FileWriter(destTempPath);

int c;
while ((c = in.read()) != -1){
    ...

29. java: how to copy the currently executing file    stackoverflow.com

I have a jar. I want the jar to be able to make a copy of itself while running. I understand windows may have problems with this. How ...

30. Copy a string to the beginning of a file in Java    stackoverflow.com

I want to write a string into the beginning of a file, How do I do that? I don't know how to add a string at all.. This is what I did ...

31. Copying a growing file in Java    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to work out how I can copy a growing file using Java. An example of what I would like to work is the following:

  1. A file is downloaded from an ...

32. How To Copy The File    bytes.com

There no such method to copy the file from source to destination If reading that little bit of API documentation didn't give you that tickling feeling of curiosity to read more ...

33. Copying a file/directory (again)    bytes.com

34. copy contents into multiple files    bytes.com

Have you read the Basic I/O section of Sun's Tutorial? If you are new to the concepts involved this is a good place to start. Also you may find it productive ...

35. Program that can copy files to clients    bytes.com

Hi I am still a beginner with Java. I want to know how to program a program that can copy files to clients (on a LAN) simultaneously. The reason I want ...

36. copying files    coderanch.com

Hello everyone, maybe someone can give me an idea how to do this nicely. I have to go to a directory on the net somewhere and copy files from there to my local directory. For example I need to go to http://131.223.22.45/dir/ and copy (character) files from there to my local directory. I will probably come up with a solution but ...

37. trouble trying to read a file and copy it to another....    coderanch.com

I am working with this piece of code and it compiles fine but when i execute it says " exception in thread "main" Java.io.FileNotFoundException: ToBeCopied.txt (the system cannot find the file specified).....I have created a file with data called ToBeCopied.txt and an empty file called Copied.txt in the same directory as the code, what am i doing wrong???thanks again import java.io.*; ...

38. copying files in jdk 1.1.8    coderanch.com

Hello! I used jdk 1.2 to write a code that copies file from the server to the client, using the createNewFile() method. Now I have to port the code to jdk 1.1.8 where this function (to the best of my knowledge) is not available. Can someone please identify what is the equivalent? I have looked thru the 1.1.8 API but I ...

39. copy file    coderanch.com

Hi My friends, How can I modify the following to copy any file endWith xsl on the desktop in stead of only copying data.xsl? Your explanation is greatly appreciated. import java.io.*; import java.lang.*; public class cfXSL { public static void main(String[] args) { try { File inputFile = new File("c:/windows/desktop/data.xsl"); String [] filenames = inputFile.list (); File outputFile = new File("c:/windows/desktop/WelcomeApplet3.java"); ...

40. Copying files    coderanch.com

You should check out the class java.io.File, which has a number of methods that may be of use to you. Unfortunately, copying files is not supported directly - you have to open a stream to read the file you want to copy, and open another stream to write the copied file. Then loop to read from one and copy to the ...

41. Copy    coderanch.com

42. Need someones help very quickly with File copying, PLEASE!!    coderanch.com

I have successfully created a client program that checks for the exisitence of web server log files. If they do or don't exist it sends a message to a server program (suing sockets). What I now need to do is take the size of the file send that to the server, then copy the actual file from the client to the ...

43. How to copy objects?    coderanch.com

Hi joseph, Here is the sample code to achieve your task. /* fileWriteMethod.java */ import java.net.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; class fileWriteMethod { public static void main(String ar[]) throws IOException { URL url=new URL("http://www.joseph.com/myObject.java"); BufferedReader buf=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream())); String in=""; StringBuffer strbuffer=new StringBuffer(); String temp=""; while ((in = buf.readLine()) != null) { if(in.length()>0) strbuffer=strbuffer.append(in); } temp=strbuffer.toString(); byte[] b=temp.getBytes(); try { FileOutputStream ...

44. Copy Dir/subDir/files API    coderanch.com

45. Easy way to copy a file?    coderanch.com

I need to copy a file from one location on disk to another. All I know about the file is it's location and that it was written with an ObjectOutputStream. I tried to copy it like this: private void checkFile() { File firstFile = new File(Global.getPath()); if (firstFile.canRead() == false) { File secondFile = new File(System.getProperty("global.home")+"System"+File.separator+"test"); if (secondFile.canRead() == false) { ...

46. How to copy and delete files?    coderanch.com

delete is pretty easy. you have the delete() method in the File class u can use. to copy a file it is a bit more tricky (you can use the renameTo(File x) to rename it to the exact same name on a diffrent directory) or use this: import java.io.*; public class Ranch { public Ranch() { try{ FileInputStream in=new FileInputStream("your file ...

47. I am getting junk, when trying file copy    coderanch.com

When I am trying to copy a existing file to a new file. Here is what i am doing I am creating 2 File objects File f = new File("c:"+"\\kareem"+"\\resume"+"\\Test.doc"); File x = new File("c:"+"\\kareem"+"\\resume"+"\\Resume.doc"); I am creating FileReader object and passing x FileReader r = new FileReader(x); I am creating a FileWriter Object and passing f FileWriter w = new ...

48. Copying files under MacOS X    coderanch.com

Hello, maybe someone had done it or knows how to do that. I do really not I'm really dispaired. The macOS got 3 streams in a single file (the data- , comment- and info-stream) The datastream should be no problem cause I could use java.io.File for it, but then I don't have the comments and the infos (like type and creator). ...

49. making a backup copy of a pdf on the fly    coderanch.com

I actually feel kind of stupid asking this, the answer is probably right under my nose but the brain doesnt seem to want to cooperate today. Here's my quandry. My client has daily reports created every day for his business in pdf format (anywhere from 6 - 24 files). (Im using the iText package here). He wants a daily backup of ...

50. How can i make copy faster???    coderanch.com

The speed of copying a file is going to be limited by your disk I/O system. Splitting the job into threads is not likely to help at all. If you want to try it though, you can use the RandomAccessFile class. That should allow you to read and write "simultaneously" to various positions in the file.

51. why © is not displayed properly?    coderanch.com

Hi, there I have a webpage which read a xml file and display it. In xml file, I have a "©" character to display copyright mark. However, it only can be read correctly to page once and will be prefixed some meaningless character each time when this page gets updated since then. Is there any one who has some idea why ...

52. Copying picture files    coderanch.com

53. how can i copy a file from one location to another location then delete............    coderanch.com

Hi, (My requirement is copy a file from one location to another location then delete the file from original location)...when i use the following mechanism String objDelFileFROM = SourceFileName; String objDelFileTO= DestinationFileName FileInputStream from = new FileInputStream(objDelFileFROM ); FileOutputStream to = new FileOutputStream(objDelFileTO); byte[] buffer = new byte[4096]; int bytes_read; while((bytes_read = from.read(buffer)) != -1) { // Read bytes until EOF ...

54. File(s) copying through JAVA APIs    coderanch.com

You could use something like: import java.io.*; public class Copy (String fileFrom, String fileTo){ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { File inputFile = new File(fileFrom); File outputFile = new File(fileTo); FileReader in = new FileReader(inputFile); FileWriter out = new FileWriter(outputFile); int c; while ((c = in.read()) != -1) out.write(c); in.close(); out.close(); } } You'd have to call this method ...

55. Recursive copying and pasting of files    coderanch.com

Hello everybody, I have a folder that has .xml files in it!I need to write a program for copying all the .xml files to a different directory or folder. my dir structure is as follows: a/aa/atoz/xml/aa/aa.xml1 a/aa/atoz/xml/bb/bb.xml2... I have written a program that reads the name of the file when i specify the path as a/aa/atoz/xml/aa/. I need to specify the ...

56. How to prevent illegally copying    coderanch.com

1. Exception for your rationale for getting the CPU-ID, this is a crosspost and we frown on such things. They dilute the effort of the community from getting all our questions answered. 2. This post has nothing to do with IO. The original post is in the correct forum for this discussion. 3. If Microsoft Product Activation can't prevent Win XP ...

57. Query on File Copy.    coderanch.com

Hi Friends , I have a requirement like this .. when ever a file is created in a directory a java program should pick it up and place it in my local folder and should be taken for further processing. So i wrote a Java thread that listens that directory indefinitely so when ever a file is placed in it then ...

58. copying file without messing up the content.    coderanch.com

hi all. i'm writing a program to copy a file from the c:/ to a destinated directory. i'm able to read and copy the file to the directory but then when i opened up the file that have been created, all the content is messed up inside. is there a way to keep the format of the content after i copied ...

59. copying a file    coderanch.com

hi all, i have a file which i need to copy to another system through jsp. i have the following code. ************* String dst="http:///picture/"+libname+"/"+picname+".jpg"; System.out.println(dst); InputStream in = new FileInputStream(location); OutputStream out1 = new FileOutputStream(dst); // Transfer bytes from in to out byte[] buf = new byte[1024]; int len; while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) { out1.write(buf, 0, len); } in.close(); ...

60. Copy from one file to another    coderanch.com

package com; import java.io.*; public class FileRead { public static void main(String[] args) { String val; try { FileReader fr = new FileReader("/root/test"); FileWriter fw = new FileWriter("/root/abc"); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr); while((val = br.readLine()) != null) { fw.write(val); } }catch(FileNotFoundException fnf) { fnf.printStackTrace(); }catch(IOException fnf) { fnf.printStackTrace(); } } }

61. Cloning v/s Reference Copying    coderanch.com

Hi Sir... I hav a doubt regarding cloning v/s refernce copying. If u clone any object by java's clone method. It gives u copy of original object. Say i hav simple code. Clone Test c1=new CloneTest(); CloneTest c2=(Object)c1.clone(); // gets the clone of newly created object. System.out.println("Original object " + c1 + " Cloned object " + c2); here c1 and ...

62. How to Copy a file ?    coderanch.com

Dear All, I am facing a problem, while copying a file from one location(which is outside deployment environment) to another location(inside deployment environment) at run time. I can do same by reading each line of file, and writing it to destination file one by one. Is there any direct method, where I can copy whole file from one location(which is outside ...

63. copy files    coderanch.com

64. copying files    coderanch.com

try { // Create channel on the source FileChannel srcChannel = new FileInputStream("srcFilename").getChannel(); // Create channel on the destination FileChannel dstChannel = new FileOutputStream("dstFilename").getChannel(); // Copy file contents from source to destination dstChannel.transferFrom(srcChannel, 0, srcChannel.size()); // Close the channels srcChannel.close(); dstChannel.close(); } catch (IOException e) { } This seems nice, but what should i do, if my source is actually a ...

65. copying file...    coderanch.com

66. Copying a file content to another file.    coderanch.com

import java.io.*; public class Copy { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub File inputFile = new File("input.txt"); File outputFile = new File("output.txt"); try{ FileReader in = new FileReader(inputFile); FileWriter out = new FileWriter(outputFile); int c; while((c = in.read() ) != -1 ) [B]// Look here carefully.[/B] out.write(c); in.close(); out.close(); System.out.println("File Contents ...

67. why does this file copy not work?    coderanch.com

I tried to copy a file following the example in the java and nutshell tutorials as listed below. I wrote a junit test that creates a file with one line of text. The file is there, it is found and opened and the text is there too until the call of file.read(buffer). That method returns -1, after the call the source ...

68. copy file - size file 0    coderanch.com

Do you see characters being printed out on the console? It's always a good idea to flush() an output stream before closing it. I see you are getting the input file name from a request instance. Are you performing this code in a servlet? If so I hope both your source and destination are on the server. If you are passing ...

69. copying a file    coderanch.com

I am trying to copy an xml file of 13KB to new file using File readers, BufferReader and FilerWriter. But its only copying 8kb. There is no logic just read each line from one file and copy it newly created file. Can anybody let me know, is there size limitation for copying file while using File Readers. I have even tried ...

70. Copying a File    coderanch.com

71. how to copy file in Java    coderanch.com

Dear All, I am working on a utility and want to develop it in Java,on a LAN we have two PCs P1 and P2, on P1 there is a shared folder in which a text file is present, when I will run my utility on P2 it will go on the specified folder path on P1 and copy the text file ...

72. copying files    coderanch.com

I have a issue in copying the files. I get the input file using InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAasStream("File name"); in this case What I have is a Input stream object . If i wanted to use file channel it needs a FileInputstream object. how to convert to filestream object. If not how to copy the files using input stream object. Thanks ...

73. Copy file    coderanch.com

74. How to recognize whether being copy record completed or    coderanch.com

Does anyone have a solution how to recognize whether file is completed to copy all records? when being copy a big size file into the folder, other java application need to move other folder only after copying completed. However, middile of being copy, other java application can move to other folder even has not been finished yet. File class does not ...

75. copy file between 2 different machine    coderanch.com

76. Copying File    coderanch.com

Hi. Most codes have something like InputStream instream = new FileInputStream(current); OutputStream outstream = new FileOutputStream(folder.getPath() + current.getName()); // Transfer bytes from input to output byte[] buf = new byte[1024]; int len; while ((len = instream.read(buf)) > 0) { outstream.write(buf, 0, len); } instream.close(); outstream.close(); The buf have to be defined like new byte[1024]. How can I modify the above codes ...

77. copying file remotely    coderanch.com

78. Copy file from client to Webserver    coderanch.com

In our case we want to save the files on a server different than web server. Like I will save them on the box where I have database, my webserver works on a different box. We are trying to save pictures here on file system and will create a documentlink to them thru Apache conf file on webserver using proxy. Any ...

79. How do I copy a file?    coderanch.com

I'm working on a project in which I need to copy various files. Basically, I have some copies in one location and I need to place copies of those files elsewhere but it's imperative that the original file remain in its place. Using the java.io.File class, I have found that I can use renameTo in order to move a file from ...

80. copying a file from one box to another    coderanch.com

81. How to copy files in Java code?    coderanch.com

Hmmm, reading all the responses to that article I'd be a bit shy about using it. Usually the answer is you're on your own to read the old file and write the new one. If you have to copy directories you need to detect the source directory and create the target directory. To copy bytes without corruption, use some streams for ...

82. Copy a file    coderanch.com

That's the only way I know of. However, you can get a little more sophisticated by using a BufferedInputStream and BufferedOutputStream or a BufferedReader and BufferedWriter. These allow you to read and write a line at a time instead of just a byte at a time. Either way, you will have to write a short loop to iterate over the whole ...

83. Copying files corrupts file    coderanch.com

Hi guys, Have a little problem copying files using Java... I can copy the file OK, and all appears well, until you try to open the file. Then no matter what the file type (although mine are primarily images) you get the following error:- XXX can not read this file This is not a valid XXX file or it's format is ...

84. Problem with Copying and Renaming FIle once it reaches its limit    coderanch.com

Dear all, Following is the code I wrote. I have a simple requirement. I need to update a log file (txt file) everyday. For which, I initally take a file.. and append it with some text. once it reaches a certain size. I rename that file and append it with todays date. However, since the file may reach the specified size ...

85. Copying files    coderanch.com

86. How to copy a *.java file to Ranch Posting    coderanch.com

I would like to copy one of my *.java program file to "a new posting" in Java Ranch, but I don't know how to do it. Shall I first transfer the file to a WORD *.txt file and then transfer it to the posting section of Java Ranch, but on Microsoft Internet Explorer there is no "copy and paste" on the ...

87. java.io (File) - Why no copy?    coderanch.com

Well I guess a line has to be drawn somewhere. If you want a copy method, you have to think about things like the destination directory, whether we should overwrite the file if it already exists, and so on. I guess before long you could have so many methods with so many different parameters that they might be better in a ...

88. how to copy a file to text area    coderanch.com

89. how to copy file in java    coderanch.com

90. Copying files    coderanch.com

91. how to copy data from n files in a single file    coderanch.com

I am giving directory path and trying to copy data of all files in that directory to a file.But, it is writing data of only file.Can anyone tell,how can i copy data of n files in one file.Below is my code : import java.io.*; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ java.io.File f = new java.io.File("D:\\Project\\Testing\\raj"); java.io.File ...

92. Copy .mdb file and multiple files    coderanch.com

You can copy any file byte per byte or byte[] per byte[], unless the operating system blocks access to the file. For .mdb files (I assume we're talking about MS Access) you can check for the presence of a .ldb file with the same name in the same folter. If it's there, there is a program that has the .mdb file ...

93. Copying BIG file    coderanch.com

Hi all, I've been trying to copy a big file from one folder to another, and i got memory problems. I finally decided to read part of the file and then write it to the destination: basically reading some, writting some, reading some , writting some. Unfortunately, the destination file is bigger than the original file, and it seems, that it's ...

94. copy a any type of file    coderanch.com

i tried many times with below code.but it copy only the text files correctly.if file is non text it copy,but unable to open. so please give me java code that copy any type of file(ex jpg,doc,war,mpg package write; import java.util.*; import java.io.*; class Read{ private static ArrayList file = new ArrayList(); private static String path="g:\\write\\name.txt"; private void reader()throws IOException //read a ...

95. Java File Copy    coderanch.com

I have one report file ex.rpt and am copying this file and saving it as new file called ex.txt. And then am sending it to printer and the alignment is bad. Again I opened a new notepad and then copy the contents of the text file and paste it in the notepad manually and saving it as ex.txt then sending it ...

96. copying contents of one file to another    coderanch.com

this program takes name of a file as command line argument and copies contents of that file to a newly created file called newfile.txt newfile.txt is formed but nothing is written to it and if newfile.txt already exists,and has something in it,it becomes empty why is this happening? import java.io.*; public class File3 { public static void main(String args[])throws IOException { ...

97. Copying a file using http    coderanch.com

Hello, I need to copy a file (around 500 MB zip file) from a location a(client) to location b(server).The two machines are separated by firewall hence the conventional copy is not possible. Port 8080 for the server is open. Is it possible for me to copy a file from that client location to a server location using http ? If yes ...

99. copy file from local host to remote host    coderanch.com

Well , I tried that from winXP to winXP on another machine and it worked great : InputStream in = new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\temp\\myFile.txt")); OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File("\\\\9.143.85.143\\c$\\tmp\\myFile.txt")); // Transfer bytes from in to out byte[] buf = new byte[1024]; int len; while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) { out.write(buf, 0, len); } in.close(); out.close(); BUT, in order to copy ...

100. Copying files.    coderanch.com

I am trying to copy over some files from one file to another, but I keep getting access denied errors as an exception. Right now I am using this segment of code. How can I get around this? I have a database which stores the location of these files, and I need to do a hard copy of many files to ...