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Copy a file with FileOutputStream and FileInputStream

   

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2004 David Flanagan.  All rights reserved.
 * This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3nd Edition.
 * It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
 * You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose,
 * including teaching and use in open-source projects.
 * You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice.
 * For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book, 
 * please visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples3.
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

/**
 * This class is a standalone program to copy a file, and also defines a static
 * copy() method that other programs can use to copy files.
 */
public class FileCopy {
  /** The main() method of the standalone program. Calls copy(). */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    if (args.length != 2) // Check arguments
      System.err.println("Usage: java FileCopy <source> <destination>");
    else {
      // Call copy() to do the copy; display any error messages
      try {
        copy(args[0], args[1]);
      } catch (IOException e) {
        System.err.println(e.getMessage());
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * The static method that actually performs the file copy. Before copying the
   * file, however, it performs a lot of tests to make sure everything is as it
   * should be.
   */
  public static void copy(String from_name, String to_name) throws IOException {
    File from_file = new File(from_name); // Get File objects from Strings
    File to_file = new File(to_name);

    // First make sure the source file exists, is a file, and is readable.
    // These tests are also performed by the FileInputStream constructor
    // which throws a FileNotFoundException if they fail.
    if (!from_file.exists())
      abort("no such source file: " + from_name);
    if (!from_file.isFile())
      abort("can't copy directory: " + from_name);
    if (!from_file.canRead())
      abort("source file is unreadable: " + from_name);

    // If the destination is a directory, use the source file name
    // as the destination file name
    if (to_file.isDirectory())
      to_file = new File(to_file, from_file.getName());

    // If the destination exists, make sure it is a writeable file
    // and ask before overwriting it. If the destination doesn't
    // exist, make sure the directory exists and is writeable.
    if (to_file.exists()) {
      if (!to_file.canWrite())
        abort("destination file is unwriteable: " + to_name);
      // Ask whether to overwrite it
      System.out.print("Overwrite existing file " + to_file.getName() + "? (Y/N): ");
      System.out.flush();
      // Get the user's response.
      BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
      String response = in.readLine();
      // Check the response. If not a Yes, abort the copy.
      if (!response.equals("Y") && !response.equals("y"))
        abort("existing file was not overwritten.");
    } else {
      // If file doesn't exist, check if directory exists and is
      // writeable. If getParent() returns null, then the directory is
      // the current dir. so look up the user.dir system property to
      // find out what that is.
      String parent = to_file.getParent(); // The destination directory
      if (parent == null) // If none, use the current directory
        parent = System.getProperty("user.dir");
      File dir = new File(parent); // Convert it to a file.
      if (!dir.exists())
        abort("destination directory doesn't exist: " + parent);
      if (dir.isFile())
        abort("destination is not a directory: " + parent);
      if (!dir.canWrite())
        abort("destination directory is unwriteable: " + parent);
    }

    // If we've gotten this far, then everything is okay.
    // So we copy the file, a buffer of bytes at a time.
    FileInputStream from = null; // Stream to read from source
    FileOutputStream to = null; // Stream to write to destination
    try {
      from = new FileInputStream(from_file); // Create input stream
      to = new FileOutputStream(to_file); // Create output stream
      byte[] buffer = new byte[4096]; // To hold file contents
      int bytes_read; // How many bytes in buffer

      // Read a chunk of bytes into the buffer, then write them out,
      // looping until we reach the end of the file (when read() returns
      // -1). Note the combination of assignment and comparison in this
      // while loop. This is a common I/O programming idiom.
      while ((bytes_read = from.read(buffer)) != -1)
        // Read until EOF
        to.write(buffer, 0, bytes_read); // write
    }
    // Always close the streams, even if exceptions were thrown
    finally {
      if (from != null)
        try {
          from.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
          ;
        }
      if (to != null)
        try {
          to.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
          ;
        }
    }
  }

  /** A convenience method to throw an exception */
  private static void abort(String msg) throws IOException {
    throw new IOException("FileCopy: " + msg);
  }
}

   
    
    
  

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