Java Rename File renameTo(File orig, File dest)

Description

rename To

License

GNU General Public License

Declaration

public static boolean renameTo(File orig, File dest) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* This code is part of Freenet. It is distributed under the GNU General
 * Public License, version 2 (or at your option any later version). See
 * http://www.gnu.org/ for further details of the GPL. */

import java.io.File;

import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class Main {
    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("net.sf.thingamablog.util.io");

    public static boolean renameTo(File orig, File dest) {
        // Try an atomic rename
        // Shall we prevent symlink-race-conditions here ?
        if (orig.equals(dest))
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Huh? the two file descriptors are the same!");
        if (!orig.exists()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Original doesn't exist!");
        }/*from  w  w  w .j  a va 2s .c o  m*/
        if (!orig.renameTo(dest)) {
            // Not supported on some systems (Windows)
            if (!dest.delete()) {
                if (dest.exists()) {
                    logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not delete " + dest + " - check permissions");
                }
            }
            if (!orig.renameTo(dest)) {
                logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
                        "Could not rename " + orig + " to " + dest + (dest.exists() ? " (target exists)" : "")
                                + (orig.exists() ? " (source exists)" : "") + " - check permissions");
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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