Java tutorial
import java.io.File; class FileDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { File f1 = new File("/java/COPYRIGHT"); System.out.println("File Name: " + f1.getName()); System.out.println("Path: " + f1.getPath()); System.out.println("Abs Path: " + f1.getAbsolutePath()); System.out.println("Parent: " + f1.getParent()); System.out.println(f1.exists() ? "exists" : "does not exist"); System.out.println(f1.canWrite() ? "is writeable" : "is not writeable"); System.out.println(f1.canRead() ? "is readable" : "is not readable"); System.out.println("is " + (f1.isDirectory() ? "" : "not" + " a directory")); System.out.println(f1.isFile() ? "is normal file" : "might be a named pipe"); System.out.println(f1.isAbsolute() ? "is absolute" : "is not absolute"); System.out.println("File last modified: " + f1.lastModified()); System.out.println("File size: " + f1.length() + " Bytes"); } }