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Java - Copying one file to another

In this section, you will learn how to copy contents from one file to another file.

Java - Copying one file to another

This example illustrates how to copy contents from one file to another file. This topic is related to the I/O (input/output) of java.io package.

In this example we are using File class of java.iopackage. The File class is an abstract representation of file and directory pathnames. This class is an abstract, system-independent view of hierarchical pathnames. An abstract pathname has two components:

1. An optional system-dependent prefix string,

such as a disk-drive specifier, "/" for the UNIX root directory, or "\\" for a Win32 UNC pathname, and

2. A sequence of zero or more string names. Explanation

This program copies one file to another file. We will be declaring a function called copyfile which copies the contents from one specified file to another specified file.

copyfile(String srFile, String dtFile)

The function copyfile(String srFile, String dtFile) takes both file name as parameter. The function creates a new File instance for the file name passed as parameter

File f1 = new File(srFile); File f2 = new File(dtFile);

and creates another InputStream instance for the input object and OutputStream instance for the output object passed as parameter

InputStream in = new FileInputStream(f1); OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(f2);

and then create a byte type buffer for buffering the contents of one file and write to another

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and then create a byte type buffer for buffering the contents of one file and write to another specified file from the first one specified file.

// For creating a byte type buffer byte[] buf = new byte[1024];

// For writing to another specified file from buffer buf out.write(buf, 0, len);

Code of the Program :

import java.io.*; public class CopyFile{

private static void copyfile(String srFile, String dtFile){ try{

File f1 = new File(srFile);

File f2 = new File(dtFile);

InputStream in = new FileInputStream(f1);

//For Append the file.

// OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(f2,true);

//For Overwrite the file.

OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(f2);

byte[] buf = new byte[1024]; int len;

while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0){ out.write(buf, 0, len);

}

in.close();

out.close();

System.out.println("File copied."); }

catch(FileNotFoundException ex){

System.out.println(ex.getMessage() + " in the specified directory."); System.exit(0);

}

catch(IOException e){

System.out.println(e.getMessage());

} }

public static void main(String[] args){ switch(args.length){

case 0: System.out.println("File has not mentioned."); System.exit(0);

case 1: System.out.println("Destination file has not mentioned."); System.exit(0);

case 2: copyfile(args[0],args[1]); System.exit(0);

default : System.out.println("Multiple files are not allow."); System.exit(0);

} } }

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Posted by ilango on Monday, 07.7.08 @ 18:16pm | #66159 View This Comment Separately

Iam asking How to copy a file as word document from any format(ex:txt,png,jpeg....) Posted by anithavelde on Friday, 04.25.08 @ 12:41pm | #57839

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I want to copy a file as word document from any format of file. please give the solution for my problem and send the solution to my ID

Posted by anitha on Wednesday, 04.23.08 @ 17:38pm | #57698 View This Comment Separately

I'm having trouble with this problem written below, can somebody help me ? Please, I need it badly. I know there's a lot of java genius out there...

Write a java program that will be able to: a. read text line by line;

b. create a directory;

c. delete files from the directory; d. list the contents of the directory;

e. copy the contents of the file from one file to another; and f.write text to a file (character output stream)

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Posted by Yuran on Saturday, 10.13.07 @ 10:09am | #33464 View This Comment Separately

hi,

ive run the sample program and i get the output that the file is not mention,,so for example which part of the program can i actually input the file to be copied and how can i check if the file has been copied...and lastly what file are we trying to copy here...

Posted by gina esteban on Saturday, 07.28.07 @ 14:00pm | #22101 View This Comment Separately

Excellent and easily understandable tutorial

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Posted by hari on Tuesday, 06.5.07 @ 17:15pm | #18284 View This Comment Separately

George,

at the command line type: java CopyFile file1.txt file2.txt

where file1.txt and file2.txt are your source(sr) and destination(dt) files. The contents of file1.txt will now be copied into the contents of file2.txt

Posted by tivup on Sunday, 04.1.07 @ 04:36am | #13104 View This Comment Separately

when tryin to run the file to file copy code. am gettin an errer ; File has not mentioned.

But i created 2 files seperately nd renamed f1 nd f2 with those file names . still not workin .. kindly help....

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