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1. How to quickly find added / removed files?    stackoverflow.com

I am writing a little program that creates an index of all files on my directories. It basically iterates over each file on the disk and stores it into a searchable ...

2. Where to find a java library to read vcard files?    stackoverflow.com

I need a java library to read vcard files (vcf).

3. How to find files that match a wildcard string in Java?    stackoverflow.com

This should be really simple. If I have a String like this:

../Test?/sample*.txt
then what is a generally-accepted way to get a list of files that match this pattern? (e.g. it should match ...

4. Java - How to find out whether a File name is valid?    stackoverflow.com

In my Java application I am renaming files to a file name provided in a String parameter. There is a method

boolean OKtoRename(String oldName, String newName)
which basically checks whether the newName isn't ...

5. Find where Java loads files from?    stackoverflow.com

I was just wondering if there is a way to find out where a java program will be searching for files. I am trying to load a settings file with FileInputStream fstream ...

6. Java: Where can I find advanced file manipulation source/libraries?    stackoverflow.com

I'm writing arbitrary byte arrays (mock virus signatures of 32 bytes) into arbitrary files, and I need code to overwrite a specific file given an offset into the file. My specific ...

7. How to find out why renameTo() failed?    stackoverflow.com

I am using WinXP. I use java to generate a list of files. The file will be created as abc.txt.temp at first, and after completing the generation, it will be renamed ...

8. How to Find Out Default File Opener with Java?    stackoverflow.com

I need to find out default file opener for a given file on Windows so that I can customize the command arguments and open the file with the default opener/viewer. My real ...

9. Java - How to find that the user has changed the configuration file?    stackoverflow.com

I am developing a Java Desktop Application. This app needs a configuration to be started. For this, I want to supply a defaultConfig.properties or defaultConfig.xml file with the application so that ...





10. Cannot find constructor File() in java.io.File    stackoverflow.com

This is probably obvious, so bear with me. YES, I KNOW THAT java.io.File has no default constructor.
The problem is that When I try to extend java.io.File, it says "Cannot find ...

11. File read not finding file    stackoverflow.com

Scanner fileScanner = new Scanner(new File("C:/Users/User1/Documents/ServerSettings.dat"));
The code above cannot find the file specified. It defiantly exist at the location specified. The error given is:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\User1\Documents\ServerSettings.dat (The system cannot find ...

12. Finding subdirs matching a given name    stackoverflow.com

I need to find dirs having a given name (I'll call it "fixedname") under a root dir. I have the following dir structure:

- rootdir
-- someName1
--- fixedName
-- somename2
--- fixedName
Under the root dir there ...

13. Help to find ConsoleConstants    stackoverflow.com

I just find the snippet which contains this code:

setHeaderEncoding(ConsoleConstants.UTF8_ENCODING)
But I just have file not found exception. So my question is where to find the lib which contains ConsoleConstants? Any useful comment is ...

14. xpath expression to find all occerence of a element in html file    stackoverflow.com

I have an html file where I need to find the number of occurrences of the <object> tag. In Java I'm using the XPathExpression //:object[contains(@type,"video/") or contains(@type,"audio/")] to find the occurences ...

15. Finding all files of a particular naming scheme in java    stackoverflow.com

Suppose I have a bunch of files named as such:

10011-1-chassis.EDRW
10011-2-front.EDRW
10011-3-rear.EDRW
20011-1-chassis.EDRW
20011-2-front.EDRW
20011-3-back.EASM
20011-3-cover.EASM
If I want only the 20011-x files then how would I list them all and then only the appropriate files so that ...

16. Is it possible to do a 'find . -ctime n' in JDK7?    stackoverflow.com

Is it possible to do a equivalent 'find . -ctime n' (Unix command) in JDK7? i.e. find all files based on last changed time? I had a look at the new FileVisitor/BasicFileAttributes/SimpleFileVisitor ...





17. Find conf file regardless how application started    stackoverflow.com

I'm newbie to java. I have some directory structure

  product/
        conf/
        classes/com/../.. 
conf/ contains some configuration file, ...

18. How can I find out which object has a file open in Java?    stackoverflow.com

I need to find out which object in my Java app has a file open. This is for debugging, so tools or utilities are welcome. If finding which object is too specific, ...

19. Where I can find official Grammar file for Java 7 programming language?    stackoverflow.com

I found the official "Java Programming Language Enhancements" at following link. http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/language/enhancements.html#javase7 Does anyone know the official grammar file for Java 7? What I'm going to do is pick up the ...

20. find and delete a given file(s)    bytes.com

21. finding a file    coderanch.com

Where do I put a txt file to make sure that my class will always find it? Do I put it in the same directory as the .class file? I have done this and created a jar file holding the .txt and the classes and still the file is not seen. Paul

22. Finding links in an HTML file    coderanch.com

23. want to pass string and find record    coderanch.com

Here's my problem. I have an application which is supposed to have one abstract class for a student & pass along functionality to subclasses. I have created a Main class which successfully accepts user input by calling a keyboard class method. What I'm trying to do is link my string inputs to the abstract class, which will create the record in ...

24. Finding the position in a File    coderanch.com

Howdy. For example: I want to search a file for a string. If I find the string I would like to replace the text I find with some other text. I was planning on writing the file contents un to that point to a temporary file. Concat the text I want to replace and then concat the rest of the original ...

25. Finding EOF    coderanch.com

Hi, I m reading a file using buffereader, code looks like ---> BufferedReaderbr= new BufferedReader(FILE); while(br.readLine()) != null ) { //something } My problem is user is uploading file which contains many empty rows in between filled rows. So I may need to modify condition like while(br.readLine()) != EndOfFile ) But I couldn't locate any function like this. Can anybody suggest ...

26. How to find the extention of file    coderanch.com

27. Finding the type of "System.in"    coderanch.com

In java.lang.System it is defined as a reference to the "InputStream" interface. On printing it - using a simple print like so: System.out.println( System.in ); it says it is of type "java.io.BufferedInputStream". But BufferedInputStream is a decorator - I want to know who is the decoree. Examaning the class object or using instanceof to does not help since the decoree is ...

28. finding created date of a file    coderanch.com

29. how to find the cd drives???    coderanch.com

31. Finding owner/group of a File    coderanch.com

32. Reading in HTML file, having trouble finding tags    coderanch.com

Hi, I'm reading some pages from the BBC.co.uk web site, all of the news articles have the tags and then later on to indicate where the main body of text is. I'm trying to locate the first tag, and then add everything I can find into a string until I locate the second ...

33. Cannot find the carriage return character    coderanch.com

Hi there, I am new to working with encodings etc. I am having the following problem and it will be great if someone could give me a hand. I have a UTF-8 encoded file. The file is an XML file. I need to parse the file and then I need to search and replace only some nodes in that file. When ...

34. to find a string in a file    coderanch.com

Using BufferedInputStream is not the best way to do this. You better use a reade such as BufferedReader for this, as it is esier to use. If you use streams, you will have to manage the low level bytes etc. However, here's a class which you could use for your problem: ------------------------ import java.io.*; class StringSearch { public static void main(String[] ...

35. Finding a char sequence in a file    coderanch.com

Guys, I want to find out the occurrence of a particular character sequence in a file. For example, I have in a txt file the following firstname=jot&#number;&#number|lastname=kum&#number;&#number|. Now I want to read this and whenever I encounter &#number;, I want to send that particular String and pass it to a function that will do some decoding and return me a String ...

36. how to find width of fields from a file    coderanch.com

38. Finding Duplicates in a File    coderanch.com

suppose i have one file named sam.txt the entries like this p = pass f = fail b = best g = good p= pass b = best Now i want a java program which will find same entry p=pass and b=best has come twice with ignoring spaces concidering the contents only.

39. finding a common file with System.getProperty?    coderanch.com

Hi, I'm trying to access the contents of the same file from a class that is invoked from a servlet and also an object invoked from the command line, in Windows NT. I don't want to hardcode the path either. My code: File currentDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir")); File f = new File(currentDir,"tist.ini"); My problem is that from the servlet, the classpath ...

41. Cannot find file..? Help    coderanch.com

42. How to find Best Application for selected FileType with Java    coderanch.com

Hi there I am busy with an email type application. When the use clicks on an attached file, I want the file to be opened in the application that is best suited to that type of file. Is there a way to find on the client's computer, the location of the application that is suited to the currently selected filetype? Thanks, ...

43. How to find Difference between two files in java    coderanch.com

Here's an algorithm I found. The code was a literal translation of C to Java, very nasty. I did my own implementation that is slightly less nasty. I'd be happy to share the code if you're not doing a school assignment, but you might have more fun exploring on your own. For each each unique line of text create a symbol. ...

44. Finding Location of a recently created file?    coderanch.com

Hi Ranchers, I have a peculiar requirement. After a drag & drop operation into native OS... Is there a way I could get to know the drop the drop location? If thats a big ask. What is the best way to find the location of a file from Native OS with just file/directory name? TIA [ August 16, 2005: Message edited ...

45. Find a replace between files    coderanch.com

46. finding out the file properties    coderanch.com

47. find multiple occurences of string in file    coderanch.com

Hi, I need to find a string in a file in such that if the string is present, I need to print the entire line after that (end of line). How do i find all occurences in a file (indexOf, substring all work for one string). e.g. if i need to fing string 'test' in a file that has foll content: ...

48. The System cannot find specified File    coderanch.com

Good Day! I am using Eclipse IDE 3.2 with MyEclipse plugin and Apache Tomcat 5.5.23. I have a code that uploads file in the database. It works fine when I right click it and choose "Run on Server". But when I use Ant then choose Deploy, then choose Run Tomcat, then go to Tomcat Manager, Reload my deployed project ,Clicking it ...

49. How to find end of file in java    coderanch.com

And if you're reading a file, the input stream or reader will tell you when you've hit the end. This kind of thing is very common for reading text files one line at a time: String line = reader.readLine(); while( line != null ) { process the line line = reader.readLine(); } See how the loop stops - or never starts ...

50. Find File Size    coderanch.com

51. cannot find [filename].java    coderanch.com

Hello. I have JDK1.3 installed on my system. Obviously, the JVM is in c:\jdk1.3\bin folder. Any .java file created in the bin folder runs fine. But if i save my .java source code in some other folder say c:\jdk1.3\bin\prog\abc.java and try to compile it, I get an error "File cannot be found". Please help me.

52. install jdk cant find file    coderanch.com

Originally posted by kieran pattni: hi...while doing javac hello.java at command line get message cant find file..it is in jdk bin directory..i know its not its not good practise..i just thing working first..also how do create my own folder to store files without putting in the jdk bin..at command prompt i have C:Users\kieran7110>javac hello.java ...thank you

54. Finding rowcount for large files, Reading pipe delimited file    coderanch.com

Hi, Is there an easy way to get the number of rows in a large file (like 500,000 rows) before i iterate over the entire file. it would help me in assigning the maximumvalue for a progress bar. I am doing it by reading the file with FileReader, then wrapping it by CSVreader to read it. I use CSVReader to read ...

55. Cannot find file location    coderanch.com

I am already able to do that by finding the whole path of the web application , and manage to find the file location. But it seems like to much unnecessary work to me. I am sure there is a folder that i can put the file i want in my web app structure , and reach it by just typing ...

56. How to find and replace a substring from a given string    coderanch.com

There's a method in String which returns an array of characters for the String; there's also a method which returns the character at a given index. Look at the Javadoc for the java.lang.String class to find them. Nothing you do can change an actual String object, by the way; all you can do is make a new String with a new ...

57. how to find hidden files in java?    coderanch.com

58. where to find memory-mapped file implementation specifics    coderanch.com

Hi all, Can anyone point me to some resources on the actual JVM implementation of memory-mapped files, on both Linux and Windows? My specific question is below, but I would also just like to get a better understanding of how it actual works, and what the platform differences are. Here's my scenario: - multiple JVMs read a large data file (using ...

60. How to find the file which calls a method    coderanch.com

Hi All, I have a code snippet(part of our product) which is throwing StackOverflowError(only at the customer's instance). Based on the stack trace, i figured out that onTextChanged method of CCTImageNodeUI.java is called N number of times due to which this exception is caused. To further analyze this issue, i need to check who is calling onTextChanged method. I executed a ...

61. Finding the end of the file    coderanch.com

@Bhanu: Please do not provide direct answers. Instead, provide hints, links to Javadocs, etc. JavaRanch is NotACodeMill, and we encourage people to DoYourOwnHomework. We'd rather teach people how to learn and think about programming than provide direct answers. @Mahesh: If you're reading a file, how do you know you're at the end? The java.io.File API documentation might help you think of ...

62. Finding anagrams in a dictionary file using pre-fixes    coderanch.com

Hello, I need to write a method in a java class that finds the anagrams of a word in a dictionary file using prefixes. I started this way with a method that finds all the permutations and then a method to go through each character. Here's how I think it should work and then I don't think my code is matching ...

63. How to find a if a file exists by extention only?    coderanch.com

Thanks guys i got that working but now i cant get it to read the file even if i pass it the static directory and name, any idea what im doing wrong? thanks String location = sep+ "opt"+ sep + "jboss-4.0.1sp1" + sep + "server"+ sep+ "default"+sep+"OUTPUT"+sep +"TEST.AUT"; FileReader input = new FileReader(location); BufferedReader bufRead = new BufferedReader(input); String line; // ...

64. Finding files    coderanch.com

65. How to find a file (any file) in Java    coderanch.com

1. Use the below code to get all system roots File[] files = File.listRoots(); for(File f : files){ parseAllFiles(f.getPath()); } As Campbell said use File.Separator wherever needed instead of "\\". 2. Now write the parseAllFiles(String parentFolder) method that will parse the folder and its subfolders. a. Get all the files of the input parent folder using File.listFiles() method b. Check if ...

66. cannot find symbol    coderanch.com

68. Issue With Finding Total Number of Blank Spaces in File    java-forums.org

The goal of my assignment is to count the number of characters (w/o spaces and returns), words, and lines of a text document. The document is read-in and analyzed from there. I've got the reading in of the file working as well as the line counter; however, I've run into significant troubles with counting the characters. I can obtain the total ...

69. Can't find file?    java-forums.org

Hi, I'm trying to read lines from a text file using file and a scanner objects. According to my Java book this should be right, but it doesn't work. I've tried placing the file in multiple directories, including the folder the project is in as well as other locations. I've also done static locations not specified by a variable. The file ...

70. Finding the end of a file.    forums.oracle.com

71. where to find this javax.microedition.io    forums.oracle.com

72. problem in finding file .........    forums.oracle.com

73. finding character positions in a file    forums.oracle.com

I don't see very much useful code at all here. You seem to be asking us to do it for you because you just spin (poorly) through your file and that's about it. For one thing use a buffered input stream. For another. I don't know. This doesn't seem a very good idea. Storing records as variable length text records pretty ...

74. Java Reading From File to find averages    forums.oracle.com

75. reading a file, finding a specific token, returning the string following it    forums.oracle.com

private static void readFile(String fileName) { try { //initializing a new scanner from a file (passed from main method) Scanner s = new Scanner(new File(fileName)); //setting up a new delimiter that is just individual lines s.useDelimiter (System.getProperty("line.separator")); //while loop, sending each line to the getName method while (s.hasNextLine()) { //send each line to the parseLine method System.out.println(getName(s.next())); }

76. how to find out the end of the file in java    forums.oracle.com

If you want to make the extension ".iso" then just end the file name with ".iso". If you want to make the "type" iso, so that it can be manipulated by an iso application or whatever, then you have to make sure the bytes you write are of the proper format. As already stated: Files don't have a type.

77. Finding files in subdirectory    forums.oracle.com

78. How do I find characters in a file?    forums.oracle.com

- First you create a String object. - Then you parse it in a loop to find the character you are looking for. - You call indexOf and it returns the first position of your character starting the search at the specified index. So in the program, you start the search from 0. - Then if it finds something, you display ...

79. JDK - Cannot find File    forums.oracle.com

I am as new as you can possibly be to Java and I have tried Downloading JDK 6 several times. The Downloading Screen pops up and Downloads the items I want. (All I really want is the programs I need to test the code I create.) Through 2 of the 3 Downloads I have tried I left the Computer to get ...

80. How to find out the file type?    forums.oracle.com

82. Finding a file inside a java project    forums.oracle.com

class myHealth{ private: ... ... ... public: ... ... ... }; } Now, I have a .xml file which holds the "namespace" and "class" names of each header file (also the folder name "SourceFiles"). By parsing it I collect these data. Then My First Task is: -> using each set of "namespace" and "class" name (and Folder name), I have to ...

83. How to create a program to find files then display results to be clickable?    forums.oracle.com

Hello, I am trying to find files based on extension name. It searches through all child folders from the parent folder to find files. This program example, Dupe File Finder shows "Name, Path, and Size" as results. This looks like a JTable without gridlines? http://www.softpicks.net/screenshots/Dupe-File-Finder.gif Files from the results will be opened differently when double clicked based on their extensions (.java, ...

84. How to find relative address of a file?    forums.oracle.com

This getClass().getResourceAsStream will only look in the context of classpath. Instead of looking from class path to backwards, you could use direct path to that folder like "C:\Anish\Daop.props" with any of the InputStreams in Java. If you really need to use in the way you have used, try adding the folder above A to the classpath and then refer relatively. Thanx ...

85. File didn't find!    forums.oracle.com

Hello, I have a file into path's application called myFile I try to check its pah so I excecute this code (piace) File fs = new File("myFile"); txtFilePath.setText(fs.getAbsolutePath()); Then It returns ok. But it just return ok as I execute it into NetBeans. After I create (compile) and try to execute it out NetBeans it doesn't find the file. WHY?

86. Vista cant find my java files?    forums.oracle.com

I had to restart my system a while back and prior to that all my code worked fine and could compile usuing the javc command and java command to run it. Now I am confused I have set my path in environment variables and to prove it here is the full text..... %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%;c:\Program Files\java\jdk1.6.0_10\bin ok that is out of way. I ...

87. Appletviewer cannot find specified file    forums.oracle.com

I know that this has been posted many times but all of the posts that I have found do not help me. I am having trouble getting the appletviewer to find my file. I have compiled the file and I can see the .class file that it created in explorer; however, when I try to use appletviewer it gives me the ...

88. How to find links to a file    forums.oracle.com

89. JXL cant' find specified File    forums.oracle.com

Your two ways look identical to me. So if they are actually different, you're going to need to point out where they differ, as something (perhaps the forum software) has hidden the differences. The bottom line is that if you're getting a message which says the file doesn't exist, then the file doesn't exist. If you think it does then your ...

90. How to find the file by name and identify its type?    forums.oracle.com

Hi, In a folder thare are many files, the file types are doc, docx, pdf, and rtf. The file name is something like "FirstName LastName(more extrat letters).filetype". Now I would like to find all the files with a certain name and identify their types. For example, by input "Bill Gates", I would get the list of all files : Bill Gates.doc, ...

91. Finding Longest Palindrome Given a File    forums.oracle.com

Your first try basically looks at all possible substrings of the main string. That's an O(N^2) algorithm and therefore it does take a long time. If you can reduce it to an O(N logN) algorithm that would be faster. Often that's done by using a divide-and-conquer process. For example if you were sorting a big file, you might choose to sort ...

93. can't find file    forums.oracle.com

94. How to find the delimiter in a file?    forums.oracle.com

Is there a way to find the delimiter in a file? I need to tokenize an entire data file which is delimited using either a tab or 3 spaces or 5 spaces. So i cannot hard code the delimiter. If the delimiter in a row is tab, then the entire file will be tab separated. But if the delimiter is 3 ...

95. how to find the Size of a file without using length function    forums.oracle.com

How to find the size of a file using shell script or any program with less complexity..(O(n)-O(n^2)) but not more than that....plz do reply.... I was using length() function but when the file size is huge it is taking a lot of time to read the file and find out it's size.....so i need a soln how to find the size ...

96. How to find the extension of file through java programming ?    forums.oracle.com

hi this is my first time to work with file handling .my first question is that which datatype should i used for database in which user will upload file ? and plz suggest me how to read /write a file and how to find the extension of file through java application programming. Thank and Regards Shrinath Bherde

97. Finding and Returning a Keyword in a File    forums.oracle.com

I am trying to find a way to read in a ".java" file, then search for certain keywords then return how many times that method was used, its method type and the number of lines of code with in that method. For instance /* METHOD proxy */ public static String Proxy(String inputFile) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException { FileReader FileIn = new FileReader(inputFile); ...

98. how to find whether .java files are compiled or not (programatically)    forums.oracle.com

There is a set of files inside a folder , i am compiling them programatically using: Runtime.getRuntime().exec("javac "); (windows environment) i need to tell the user whether it's compiled without any errors or whether compiling failed. is there any java code to find out whether it has compiled successfully ? (it would be better if i can print the error messages ...

100. how to find file is open or not in java    forums.oracle.com