Java File atomic move and replace
//package com.demo2s; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE; import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { File source = new File("Main.java"); File dest = new File("Main.java"); atomicMove(source, dest);// w ww. j a v a2 s .c o m } /** * Atomically move one file to another file. * * @param source the source file. * @param dest the destination file. * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs. */ public static void atomicMove(File source, File dest) throws IOException { Files.move(source.toPath(), dest.toPath(), ATOMIC_MOVE, REPLACE_EXISTING); } }