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/**
 * OLAT - Online Learning and Training<br>
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 * <p>
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); <br>
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 * University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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 */

package org.olat.core.util;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream.MalformedStreamException;
import org.olat.core.logging.AssertException;
import org.olat.core.logging.OLATRuntimeException;
import org.olat.core.logging.OLog;
import org.olat.core.logging.Tracing;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

/**
 * @author Mike Stock Comment:
 */
public class FileUtils {

    private static final OLog log = Tracing.createLoggerFor(FileUtils.class);

    private static int buffSize = 32 * 1024;

    // windows: invalid characters for filenames: \ / : * ? " < > |
    // linux: invalid characters for file/folder names: /, but you have to escape certain chars, like ";$%&*"
    // OLAT reserved char: ":"
    private static char[] FILE_NAME_FORBIDDEN_CHARS = { '/', '\n', '\r', '\t', '\f', '`', '?', '*', '\\', '<', '>',
            '|', '\"', ':' };
    // private static char[] FILE_NAME_ACCEPTED_CHARS = { '', '', '', '', '', '', ' '};
    private static char[] FILE_NAME_ACCEPTED_CHARS = { '\u0228', '\u0196', '\u0252', '\u0220', '\u0246', '\u0214',
            ' ' };

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyFileToDir(String sourceFile, String targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyFileToDir(new File(sourceFile), new File(targetDir), false, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyFileToDir(String sourceFile, String targetDir) {
        return copyFileToDir(new File(sourceFile), new File(targetDir), false, null);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveFileToDir(String sourceFile, String targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyFileToDir(new File(sourceFile), new File(targetDir), true, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveFileToDir(String sourceFile, String targetDir) {
        return copyFileToDir(new File(sourceFile), new File(targetDir), true, null);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyFileToDir(File sourceFile, File targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyFileToDir(sourceFile, targetDir, false, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyFileToDir(File sourceFile, File targetDir, String wt) {
        return copyFileToDir(sourceFile, targetDir, false, null, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveFileToDir(File sourceFile, File targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyFileToDir(sourceFile, targetDir, true, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveFileToDir(File sourceFile, File targetDir) {
        return copyFileToDir(sourceFile, targetDir, true, null);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyDirToDir(String sourceDir, String targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyDirToDir(new File(sourceDir), new File(targetDir), false, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyDirToDir(String sourceDir, String targetDir) {
        return copyDirToDir(new File(sourceDir), new File(targetDir), false, null);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveDirToDir(String sourceDir, String targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return moveDirToDir(new File(sourceDir), new File(targetDir), filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveDirToDir(String sourceDir, String targetDir, String wt) {
        return moveDirToDir(new File(sourceDir), new File(targetDir), wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyDirToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyDirToDir(sourceDir, targetDir, false, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean copyDirToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, String wt) {
        return copyDirToDir(sourceDir, targetDir, false, null, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveDirToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyDirInternal(sourceDir, targetDir, true, false, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * @param sourceDir
     * @param targetDir
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean moveDirToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, String wt) {
        return copyDirInternal(sourceDir, targetDir, true, false, null, wt);
    }

    /**
     * Get the size in bytes of a directory
     * 
     * @param path
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static long getDirSize(File path) {
        Iterator path_iterator;
        File current_file;
        long size;

        File[] f = path.listFiles();
        if (f == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        path_iterator = (Arrays.asList(f)).iterator();
        size = 0;
        while (path_iterator.hasNext()) {
            current_file = (File) path_iterator.next();
            if (current_file.isFile()) {
                size += current_file.length();
            } else {
                size += getDirSize(current_file);
            }
        }
        return size;
    }

    /**
     * Copy the contents of a directory from one spot on hard disk to another. Will create any target dirs if necessary.
     * 
     * @param sourceDir directory which contents to copy on local hard disk.
     * @param targetDir new directory to be created on local hard disk.
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @param move
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    public static boolean copyDirContentsToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, boolean move, FileFilter filter,
            String wt) {
        return copyDirInternal(sourceDir, targetDir, move, false, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * Copy the contents of a directory from one spot on hard disk to another. Will create any target dirs if necessary.
     * 
     * @param sourceDir directory which contents to copy on local hard disk.
     * @param targetDir new directory to be created on local hard disk.
     * @param move
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    public static boolean copyDirContentsToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, boolean move, String wt) {
        return copyDirInternal(sourceDir, targetDir, move, false, null, wt);
    }

    /**
     * Copy a directory from one spot on hard disk to another. Will create any target dirs if necessary. The directory itself will be created on the target location.
     * 
     * @param sourceDir directory to copy on local hard disk.
     * @param targetDir new directory to be created on local hard disk.
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @param move
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    public static boolean copyDirToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, boolean move, FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        return copyDirInternal(sourceDir, targetDir, move, true, filter, wt);
    }

    /**
     * Copy a directory from one spot on hard disk to another. Will create any target dirs if necessary. The directory itself will be created on the target location.
     * 
     * @param sourceDir directory to copy on local hard disk.
     * @param targetDir new directory to be created on local hard disk.
     * @param move
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    public static boolean copyDirToDir(File sourceDir, File targetDir, boolean move, String wt) {
        return copyDirInternal(sourceDir, targetDir, move, true, null, wt);
    }

    /**
     * Copy a directory from one spot on hard disk to another. Will create any target dirs if necessary.
     * 
     * @param sourceDir directory to copy on local hard disk.
     * @param targetDir new directory to be created on local hard disk.
     * @param move
     * @param createDir If true, a directory with the name of the source directory will be created
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    private static boolean copyDirInternal(File sourceDir, File targetDir, boolean move, boolean createDir,
            FileFilter filter, String wt) {
        if (sourceDir.isFile())
            return copyFileToDir(sourceDir, targetDir, move, filter, wt);
        if (!sourceDir.isDirectory())
            return false;

        // copy only if filter allows. filtered items are considered a success
        // and not a failure of the operation
        if (filter != null && !filter.accept(sourceDir))
            return true;

        targetDir.mkdirs(); // this will also copy/move empty directories
        if (!targetDir.isDirectory())
            return false;

        if (createDir)
            targetDir = new File(targetDir, sourceDir.getName());
        if (move) {
            // in case of move just rename the directory to new location. The operation might fail
            // on a NFS or when copying accross different filesystems. In such cases, continue and copy
            // the files instead
            if (sourceDir.renameTo(targetDir))
                return true;
        } // else copy structure

        targetDir.mkdirs();
        boolean success = true;
        String[] fileList = sourceDir.list();
        if (fileList == null)
            return false; // I/O error or not a directory
        for (int i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
            File f = new File(sourceDir, fileList[i]);
            if (f.isDirectory()) {
                success &= copyDirToDir(f, targetDir, move, filter, wt + File.separator + f.getName());
            } else {
                success &= copyFileToDir(f, targetDir, move, filter, wt + " file=" + f.getName());
            }
        }

        // in case of a move accross different filesystems, clean up now
        if (move) {
            sourceDir.delete();
        }
        return success;
    }

    /**
     * Copy a file from one spot on hard disk to another. Will create any target dirs if necessary.
     * 
     * @param sourceFile file to copy on local hard disk.
     * @param targetDir new file to be created on local hard disk.
     * @param move
     * @param filter file filter or NULL if no filter applied
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    public static boolean copyFileToDir(File sourceFile, File targetDir, boolean move, FileFilter filter,
            String wt) {
        try {
            // copy only if filter allows. filtered items are considered a success
            // and not a failure of the operation
            if (filter != null && !filter.accept(sourceFile))
                return true;

            // catch if source is directory by accident
            if (sourceFile.isDirectory()) {
                return copyDirToDir(sourceFile, targetDir, move, filter, wt);
            }

            // create target directories
            targetDir.mkdirs(); // don't check for success... would return false on
            // existing dirs
            if (!targetDir.isDirectory())
                return false;
            File targetFile = new File(targetDir, sourceFile.getName());

            // catch move/copy of "same" file -> buggy under Windows.
            if (sourceFile.getCanonicalPath().equals(targetFile.getCanonicalPath()))
                return true;
            if (move) {
                // try to rename it first - operation might only be successful on a local filesystem!
                if (sourceFile.renameTo(targetFile))
                    return true;
                // it failed, so continue with copy code!
            }

            bcopy(sourceFile, targetFile, "copyFileToDir:" + wt);

            if (move) {
                // to finish the move accross different filesystems we need to delete the source file
                sourceFile.delete();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.error("Could not copy file::" + sourceFile.getAbsolutePath() + " to dir::"
                    + targetDir.getAbsolutePath(), e);
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    } // end copy

    /**
     * Copy method to copy a file to another file
     * 
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetFile
     * @param move true: move file; false: copy file
     * @return true: success; false: failure
     */
    public static boolean copyFileToFile(File sourceFile, File targetFile, boolean move) {
        try {
            if (sourceFile.isDirectory() || targetFile.isDirectory()) {
                return false;
            }

            // create target directories
            targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs(); // don't check for success... would return false on

            // catch move/copy of "same" file -> buggy under Windows.
            if (sourceFile.getCanonicalPath().equals(targetFile.getCanonicalPath()))
                return true;
            if (move) {
                // try to rename it first - operation might only be successful on a local filesystem!
                if (sourceFile.renameTo(targetFile))
                    return true;
                // it failed, so continue with copy code!
            }

            bcopy(sourceFile, targetFile, "copyFileToFile");

            if (move) {
                // to finish the move accross different filesystems we need to delete the source file
                sourceFile.delete();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.error("Could not copy file::" + sourceFile.getAbsolutePath() + " to file::"
                    + targetFile.getAbsolutePath(), e);
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    } // end copy

    /**
     * Copy a file from one spot on hard disk to another. Will create any target dirs if necessary.
     * 
     * @param sourceFile file to copy on local hard disk.
     * @param targetDir new file to be created on local hard disk.
     * @param move
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    public static boolean copyFileToDir(File sourceFile, File targetDir, boolean move, String wt) {
        return copyFileToDir(sourceFile, targetDir, move, null, wt);
    }

    /**
     * Copy an InputStream to an OutputStream.
     * 
     * @param source InputStream, left open.
     * @param target OutputStream, left open.
     * @param length how many bytes to copy.
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    public static boolean copy(InputStream source, OutputStream target, long length) {
        if (length == 0)
            return true;
        try {
            int chunkSize = (int) Math.min(buffSize, length);
            long chunks = length / chunkSize;
            int lastChunkSize = (int) (length % chunkSize);
            // code will work even when chunkSize = 0 or chunks = 0;
            byte[] ba = new byte[chunkSize];

            for (long i = 0; i < chunks; i++) {
                int bytesRead = readBlocking(source, ba, 0, chunkSize);
                if (bytesRead != chunkSize) {
                    throw new IOException();
                }
                target.write(ba);
            } // end for
              // R E A D / W R I T E last chunk, if any
            if (lastChunkSize > 0) {
                int bytesRead = readBlocking(source, ba, 0, lastChunkSize);
                if (bytesRead != lastChunkSize) {
                    throw new IOException();
                }
                target.write(ba, 0, lastChunkSize);
            } // end if
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // don't log as error - happens all the time (ClientAbortException)
            if (log.isDebug())
                log.debug("Could not copy stream::" + e.getMessage() + " with length::" + length);
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    } // end copy

    /**
     * Copy an InputStream to an OutputStream, until EOF. Use only when you don't know the length.
     * 
     * @param source InputStream, left open.
     * @param target OutputStream, left open.
     * @return true if the copy was successful.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean copy(InputStream source, OutputStream target) {
        try {

            int chunkSize = buffSize;
            // code will work even when chunkSize = 0 or chunks = 0;
            // Even for small files, we allocate a big buffer, since we
            // don't know the size ahead of time.
            byte[] ba = new byte[chunkSize];

            while (true) {
                int bytesRead = readBlocking(source, ba, 0, chunkSize);
                if (bytesRead > 0) {
                    target.write(ba, 0, bytesRead);
                } else {
                    break;
                } // hit eof
            } // end while
        } catch (MalformedStreamException e) {
            throw new OLATRuntimeException("Could not read stream", e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // don't log as error - happens all the time (ClientAbortException)
            if (log.isDebug())
                log.debug("Could not copy stream::" + e.getMessage());
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    } // end copy

    /**
     * Reads exactly <code>len</code> bytes from the input stream into the byte array. This method reads repeatedly from the underlying stream until all the bytes are
     * read. InputStream.read is often documented to block like this, but in actuality it does not always do so, and returns early with just a few bytes. readBlockiyng
     * blocks until all the bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown. You will always get as many bytes as you asked for unless you
     * get an eof or other exception. Unlike readFully, you find out how many bytes you did get.
     * 
     * @param in
     * @param b the buffer into which the data is read.
     * @param off the start offset of the data.
     * @param len the number of bytes to read.
     * @return number of bytes actually read.
     * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public static final int readBlocking(InputStream in, byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
        int totalBytesRead = 0;

        while (totalBytesRead < len) {
            int bytesRead = in.read(b, off + totalBytesRead, len - totalBytesRead);
            if (bytesRead < 0) {
                break;
            }
            totalBytesRead += bytesRead;
        }
        return totalBytesRead;
    } // end readBlocking

    /**
     * Get rid of ALL files and subdirectories in given directory, and all subdirs under it,
     * 
     * @param dir would normally be an existing directory, can be a file aswell
     * @param recursive true if you want subdirs deleted as well
     * @param deleteDir true if dir needs to be deleted as well
     * @return true upon success
     */
    public static boolean deleteDirsAndFiles(File dir, boolean recursive, boolean deleteDir) {

        boolean success = true;

        if (dir == null)
            return false;

        // We must empty child subdirs contents before can get rid of immediate
        // child subdirs
        if (recursive) {
            String[] allDirs = dir.list();
            if (allDirs != null) {
                for (int i = 0; i < allDirs.length; i++) {
                    success &= deleteDirsAndFiles(new File(dir, allDirs[i]), true, false);
                }
            }
        }

        // delete all files in this dir
        String[] allFiles = dir.list();
        if (allFiles != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < allFiles.length; i++) {
                File deleteFile = new File(dir, allFiles[i]);
                success &= deleteFile.delete();
            }
        }

        // delete passed dir
        if (deleteDir) {
            success &= dir.delete();
        }
        return success;
    } // end deleteDirContents

    /**
     * @param newF
     */
    public static void createEmptyFile(File newF) {
        try {
            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(newF);
            fos.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new AssertException("empty file could not be created for path " + newF.getAbsolutePath(), e);
        }

    }

    /**
     * @param baseDir
     * @param fileVisitor
     */
    public static void visitRecursively(File baseDir, FileVisitor fileVisitor) {
        visit(baseDir, fileVisitor);
    }

    private static void visit(File file, FileVisitor fileVisitor) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            File[] files = file.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
                File f = files[i];
                visit(f, fileVisitor);
            }
        } else { // regular file
            fileVisitor.visit(file);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param target
     * @param data
     * @param encoding
     */
    public static void save(File target, String data, String encoding) {
        try {
            save(new FileOutputStream(target), data, StringHelper.check4xMacRoman(encoding));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new OLATRuntimeException(FileUtils.class, "could not save file", e);
        }
    }

    public static InputStream getInputStream(String data, String encoding) {
        try {
            byte[] ba = data.getBytes(StringHelper.check4xMacRoman(encoding));
            ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(ba);
            return bis;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new OLATRuntimeException(FileUtils.class, "could not save to output stream", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param target
     * @param data
     * @param encoding
     */
    public static void save(OutputStream target, String data, String encoding) {
        try {
            byte[] ba = data.getBytes(StringHelper.check4xMacRoman(encoding));
            ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(ba);
            bcopy(bis, target, "saveDataToFile");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new OLATRuntimeException(FileUtils.class, "could not save to output stream", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Save a given input stream to a file
     * 
     * @param source the input stream
     * @param target the file
     */
    public static void save(InputStream source, File target) {
        try {
            BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(source);
            BufferedOutputStream bos = getBos(target);

            cpio(bis, bos, "fileSave");

            bos.flush();
            bos.close();

            bis.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new OLATRuntimeException(FileUtils.class,
                    "could not save stream to file::" + target.getAbsolutePath(), e);
        }
    }

    public static String load(Resource source, String encoding) {
        try {
            return load(source.getInputStream(), encoding);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("File not found: " + source.getFilename());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("File not found: " + source.getFilename());
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param source
     * @param encoding
     * @return the file in form of a string
     */
    public static String load(File source, String encoding) {
        try {
            return load(new FileInputStream(source), encoding);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("could not copy file to ram: " + source.getAbsolutePath());
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param source
     * @param encoding
     * @return the inpustream in form of a string
     */
    public static String load(InputStream source, String encoding) {
        String htmltext = null;
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream bas = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            boolean success = FileUtils.copy(source, bas);
            source.close();
            bas.close();
            if (!success)
                throw new RuntimeException("could not copy inputstream to ram");
            htmltext = bas.toString(StringHelper.check4xMacRoman(encoding));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new OLATRuntimeException(FileUtils.class, "could not load from inputstream", e);
        }
        return htmltext;
    }

    /**
     * @param is the inputstream to close, may also be null
     */
    public static void closeSafely(InputStream is) {
        if (is == null)
            return;
        try {
            is.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // nothing to do
        }

    }

    /**
     * @param os the outputstream to close, may also be null
     */
    public static void closeSafely(OutputStream os) {
        if (os == null)
            return;
        try {
            os.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // nothing to do
        }

    }

    /**
     * Extract file suffix. E.g. 'html' from index.html
     * 
     * @param filePath
     * @return return empty String "" without suffix.
     */
    public static String getFileSuffix(String filePath) {
        int lastDot = filePath.lastIndexOf('.');
        if (lastDot > 0) {
            if (lastDot < filePath.length())
                return filePath.substring(lastDot + 1).toLowerCase();
        }
        return "";
    }

    /**
     * Simple check for filename validity. It compares each character if it is accepted, forbidden or in a certain (Latin-1) range.
     * <p>
     * Characters < 33 --> control characters and space Characters > 255 --> above ASCII http://www.danshort.com/ASCIImap/ TODO: control chars from 127 - 157 should also
     * not be accepted TODO: how about non ascii chars in filenames, they should also work! See: OLAT-5704
     * 
     * @param filename
     * @return true if filename valid
     */
    public static boolean validateFilename(String filename) {
        if (filename == null) {
            return false;
        }
        Arrays.sort(FILE_NAME_FORBIDDEN_CHARS);
        Arrays.sort(FILE_NAME_ACCEPTED_CHARS);

        for (int i = 0; i < filename.length(); i++) {
            char character = filename.charAt(i);
            if (Arrays.binarySearch(FILE_NAME_ACCEPTED_CHARS, character) >= 0) {
                continue;
            } else if (character < 33 || character > 255
                    || Arrays.binarySearch(FILE_NAME_FORBIDDEN_CHARS, character) >= 0) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        // check if there are any unwanted path denominators in the name
        if (filename.indexOf("..") > -1) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new directory in the specified directory, using the given prefix and suffix strings to generate its name. It uses File.createTempFile() and should
     * provide a unique name.
     * 
     * @param prefix
     * @param suffix
     * @param directory
     * @return
     */
    public static File createTempDir(String prefix, String suffix, File directory) {
        File tmpDir = null;
        try {
            File tmpFile = File.createTempFile(prefix, suffix, directory);
            if (tmpFile.exists()) {
                tmpFile.delete();
            }
            boolean tmpDirCreated = tmpFile.mkdir();
            if (tmpDirCreated) {
                tmpDir = tmpFile;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // bummer!
        }
        return tmpDir;
    }

    // the following is for cleaning up file I/O stuff ... so it works fine on NFS

    public static final int BSIZE = 8 * 1024;

    public static void bcopy(File src, File dst, String wt) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        bcopy(new FileInputStream(src), new FileOutputStream(dst), wt);
    }

    public static void bcopy(InputStream src, File dst, String wt) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        bcopy(src, new FileOutputStream(dst), "copyStreamToFile:" + wt);
    }

    public static BufferedOutputStream getBos(FileOutputStream of) {
        return new BufferedOutputStream(of, BSIZE);
    }

    public static BufferedOutputStream getBos(OutputStream os) {
        return new BufferedOutputStream(os, BSIZE);
    }

    public static BufferedOutputStream getBos(File of) throws FileNotFoundException {
        return getBos(new FileOutputStream(of));
    }

    public static BufferedOutputStream getBos(String fname) throws FileNotFoundException {
        return getBos(new File(fname));
    }

    /**
     * Buffered copy streams (closes both streams when done)
     * 
     * @param src InputStream
     * @param dst OutputStream
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void bcopy(InputStream src, OutputStream dst, String wt) throws IOException {

        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(src);
        BufferedOutputStream bos = getBos(dst);

        try {
            cpio(bis, bos, wt);
            bos.flush();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("I/O error in cpio " + wt);
        } finally {
            bos.close();
            dst.close();
            bis.close(); // no effect
            src.close(); // no effect
        }
    }

    /**
     * copy in, copy out (leaves both streams open)
     * <p>
     * 
     * @see FileUtils.getBos() which creates a matching BufferedOutputStream
     *      </p>
     * @param in BuferedInputStream
     * @param out BufferedOutputStream
     * @param wt What this I/O is about
     */
    public static long cpio(BufferedInputStream in, BufferedOutputStream out, String wt) throws IOException {

        byte[] buffer = new byte[BSIZE];

        int c;
        long tot = 0;
        long s = System.nanoTime();
        while ((c = in.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)) != -1) {
            out.write(buffer, 0, c);
            tot += c;
        }

        long tim = System.nanoTime() - s;
        double dtim = tim == 0 ? 0.5 : tim; // avg of those less than 1 nanoseconds is taken as 0.5 nanoseconds
        double bps = tot * 1000 * 1000 / dtim;
        log.debug(String.format("cpio %,13d bytes %6.2f ms avg %6.1f Mbps %s%n", tot, dtim / 1000 / 1000,
                bps / 1024, wt));
        return tot;
    }
}