1. Retrieval of files from Directory coderanch.com |
2. How to get the directory of the file? coderanch.com |
3. Directory Project (Urgent, pls help me) coderanch.comHello, please, i need some help. I need to build a java directory program which allows for creation of folders and storage of working files into category folders on the Hard drive. Please, this is urgent, someone help me out with tips. Also, which Drag and drop IDE can i download for use. |
4. File Directory coderanch.comJoe, Thanks for the info, got me off to a great start. I am having trouble through with the output file. I get the follwoing error when compiling. :\JavaPrograms\FileDirectory.java:122: cannot resolve symbol symbol : variable out location: class FileDirectory out.print(Copybook); import java.io.*; public class FileDirectory { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { File dir = new File("C:\\tmp1"); String filedir ... |
5. how to detect a given file in unknown directory coderanch.comhye everyone, i want to know how to detect a given file in unknown directory. if iam given a file name & asked to find it in my system (under different directories on a particular drive or mulitple drives).hope you understand my question. do reply thank u . regards riyaz scjp 1.4 |
6. How to reset a file or a directory property coderanch.comGenerally, you can't do this with pure Java. Your best bet is probably to use the exec() method in Runtime to execute a command to do this. Of course this will only work if the Java process is started from an account that has the necessary permissions to change the permissions. I.e. if the file is read-only, and you don't own ... |
7. Directory lengths coderanch.comHi - does anyone know if there's a way to very quickly get the size of a directory? I am writing a Windows's-like filechooser popup that lists the sizes of files and directories. For directories, I am using a recursive function that adds up the sizes of the files and subdirectories. But sometimes this doesn't work fast enough, and my program ... |
8. Picking a (random) file from a directory coderanch.comHi all, Is there a way I can pick a file from a directory at random, or atleast the first file? I remember I could do it in VB. I am trying to get the prefix of a "filename" from a bunch of identical filenames. Also, I am doing this from an applet. So, I use URL(getDocumentBase() ,filename) to create a ... |
9. Sharing a directory in java? coderanch.com |
10. Beginner to I/O: problem creating file in directory coderanch.comTrying to learn some basic I/O, but having the following problem with the File class: String s = System.getProperty("user.dir"); File f = new File(s); System.out.println("File: " + f); // This prints out "/Users/xxxx/Desktop" on my Mac // So then I try to create a new file in that directory... File g = new File(f, "test.txt"); System.out.println("File g: " + f); // ... |
11. viewing all Files of a single directory coderanch.com |
12. What is the best way to create directories on a file share from java coderanch.comHi, I am trying to create directories on a file share (windows) from a java process running on a unix machine. What is the best way to do this ? I tried using runtime to create directories but it fails as it tries to use the id under which the java program runs, is FTP the best way to create directories ... |
13. getting the most updated files in a directory coderanch.comhow to get the most updated text files in a directory by comparing its date time attributes with that of the system.When we get the latest file we need to send it to MySQL database. Then the web application picks up the latest file from the database and displays it and this page keeps refreshing after 10 secs to get the ... |
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15. directory coderanch.comi am writing a program for testing some thing in a database. The user enters the directory where he wants to store the output in the console and the program creates the directory. now I want to store the result files from the program in that directory. >if I dont do anything the program stores the files in the folder where ... |
16. How to set a directory in Java Extension Library coderanch.comI am running a prgram from command line which requires to pass command line argument with -D option to set several directories in the JVM for java extension mechanism. I could successfully run my program as below by using a variable. set EXT_DIRS = "C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\java\jre\lib\ext;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\classes;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\lib;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\lib\ext;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\java\lib;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\java\jre\lib;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\properties;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\java\jre\lib;C:\Progra~1\IBM\AppClient\java\jre\lib\ext;" java -Djava.exit.dirs %EXT_DIRS% com.mycompany.client But I want to set the extension directories in the java program ... |
17. Preferences object calls junks directories coderanch.comI am using Prefernces object and creates junk directories under /etc/.java/.systemPrefs ls /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/ > > > .system.lock > > > .systemRootModFile > > > _!':!bw"t!#4!a!"w!#4!bw"2 my java code is > > > ----------------- > > > import java.util.prefs.*; > > > > > > class Pref > > > { > > > static public void main (final String[] args) > ... |
18. how to sort files in a Directory based on Date and Time coderanch.com |
19. Locking directory coderanch.comPre Java 6, you can't do this with Java. You'd have needed to call the operating system, via shell or JNI. In Java 6, you might find java.lang.File.setWritable() does what you want. However, setting a directory unwritable is neither friendly nor reliable. You'd be much better off thinking of how your application can be redesigned to cope with normal directory behaviour. ... |
20. In which directory do I place html files on tomcat3.1 coderanch.com |
21. to run the files from a different directory coderanch.com |
22. library directory coderanch.comHi Bob: Cynthai is right. For example if u r using tomcat then u got to store all ur class files in this following directory C:\Tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes Considering u have stored tomact ins tomact directory. If u have a package PROJECT and the servlet name is MyServlet Then u have to store u MyServlet class in this following directory like this C:\Tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes\project\MyServelt.class ... |
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24. library directory again coderanch.comWhere you place third-party APIs depends both on how available you want to make them to other software, how they are packaged, and which servlet container you are using. If your extra classes are in one or more jar files, and you wish to make them available to all your Java programs, just put the jar file(s) in the jre/lib/ext directory ... |
25. ????Creating a directory in a different directory?????? coderanch.comhello friends I am facing a unique problem first of all i am using Tomcat with JSP. What i want to do is accept a folder name from the user and create a folder by that name. I have written a bean for this which goes. import java.io.* ; public class FileManagment { String directoryname;//this is commin from the textbox public ... |
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27. File upload to a user defined directory coderanch.com |
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29. class in work directory coderanch.comThanks for your response. This is the only JSP file with a JavaBean. The bean class was created in the work directory the first time run JSP. Then I have to manually deleted that class to let any changes made to the JSP. Is that normal, or is that default? Can I override that? |
30. Downloading a Directory coderanch.comHi All, Could anyone please help me resolve this problem :I want to download an entire directory .I am using the com.oreilly.servlet package .I am utilizing the ServletUtils class in it.Following is the code in it which I want to modify in order to download an entire directory/folder.Of course in the returnFile() method I am passing a Directory name rather than ... |
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33. manipulating directories coderanch.comI have a servlet which is supposed to go into a certain directory called year which has a subdirectory dayOfYear. The dayOfyear directory has data files which are named from the first day of the year to 365 or 366 depending on if it is a leap year. This servlet is supposed to get all the years from the year directory ... |
34. web-app directory coderanch.comHi all Ranchers! I am working hard to find out this problem but alas! 1: a Compiled servlet class and its mapping web.xml has been placed in the directory of tomcat 4.0 as d:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\ 2: but even after restarting the server the message is produced while accessing the server that "the specified "name of servlet" is not available. 3: When I ... |
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39. Lock a directory... need ideas coderanch.comHi friends, I am trying to do the following from within a servlet, so I am asking it here. I have a directory on the server and I let multiple users to upload files "in the same time"... My app gives these files random names while writing them to the server disk, so when a user tries to upload a file ... |
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41. disabling directory browsing coderanch.com |
42. cant create directory coderanch.com |
43. File Upload directory problem coderanch.comHi, I am using Apache commons File Upload utility for uploading a file. The problem is: I have deployed the application on a server and trying to access my local file system to upload a file. It is giving me a error that file not found. When i am using the server directory to browse and upload a file its working ... |
44. handling of Directories and files coderanch.com |
45. Multiple File Upload from a directory coderanch.comGood day! Is it feasible to upload all the files in a specified directory to a database? I have tried file upload but it has the "browse" button for the files to upload. This time, I want to do it automatically that when the program starts, all the contents of a specified directory will be uploaded. Thanks. |
46. how to get all the files that have the same extension in a directory coderanch.comHi all: I am just wondering, is there any API function I can call that would return me an array/enumeration of all the files in this directory as well as the sub directory that has the same extension for example I am in C:\test directory, I would like to have a list of files that ends in .xml in the C:\test ... |
47. File.listFiles...doesn't return the files from the sub directory... coderanch.comI did create a class that implements the FileFilter, but it only returns the XML files from the current directory, not the sub directory... What should I do if I want it to return the XML files from the subdirectory as well? here is my code public class XMLFilter implements FileFilter { public XMLFilter() { } public boolean accept(File pathname) { ... |
48. making a file directory in java coderanch.comThat looks OK, assuming that all the directories but the META-INF one already exist. Are you sure you typed that nasty pathname correctly? You might try printing the value of new File("C:\\jbproject\\AJJavaModelApplicationOCT7.bkp\\JavaModelApplicationAAAEJB\\").exists(); it should print "true". If not all the directories already exist, you need to create them one at a time from the top down. |
49. Directory Program (This is Urgent) coderanch.comPeople here generally won't write something for you. If you have specific questions, by all means we'll help. post what code you've got (and surround it with the code tags you can get from those neat buttons just below the 'add reply' button), what error messages you're getting (if any) and/or what output your getting (if any). if your code is ... |
50. Removing certain files in a Directory coderanch.comHi All, I have a directory which consists file like "XYZ.20050530.txt","XYZ.20050531.txt",,"XYZ.20050601.txt" etc., means "XYZ" + date + ".txt". My requirement is to delete all the files in this directory which are not belongs to certain dates. like leaving last 2 days files, i need to delete all the files in that directoy..... can anybody tell me the logic to delete the ... |
51. Creating a directory from a java program coderanch.com |
52. how to creat a directory? coderanch.com |
53. directory retreival coderanch.compublic static void main (String [] args) { File file, directory; // get the name entered at the command line JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(System.getProperty("user.dir")); chooser.setFileFilter(new OurFilter()); int status = chooser.showOpenDialog(null); if (status == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) { file = chooser.getSelectedFile(); directory = chooser.getCurrentDirectory(); System.out.println("Directory: " + directory.getName()); System.out.println("File selected to open: " + file.getName()); } |
54. how to sort files in a Directory based on Date and Time coderanch.comRamesh, look at the API documentation of class java.io.File. It contains methods like list() and listFiles() to get an array of File objects that represent the files in the directory. After getting the array you can sort it using Arrays.sort(), you should implement a Comparator object to compare the files by date. Please try writing some code yourself, and if you ... |
55. checking for file present in the directory coderanch.comSearching for the file in directory There are 2 directories 1)D:\eclipse\POST_5227\gui\Trustdata In this directory there are ".t05" files (ex Quick.t05) After extracting name of the file example "Quick", adding a new extension to it. example "Quick_printIt_1" 2) Checking this new file present in another directory D:\eclipse\POST_5227\gui\print How to check the existence of new file present in print folder? File f=new File(TaxSystem.fileOpened); ... |
56. Polling directory for new Files coderanch.comHi I am just wondering if any one has a simple solution for the above problem. Basically I would like to poll a folder to check as new files arrive and then do my processing on file. I am just wondering if anyone has built\seen as elegant & simple solutions Two approaches I am considering would be a simple wait statement ... |
57. how to iterate over files in a directory coderanch.comHi All, I have a directory that contains many files (at least 400,000) who's names I don't know anything about. I want to retrieve these files one by one. At first I thought I could use one of the java.io.File methods, File[] listFiles() or String [] list(), but the JVM runs out of memory if I try to do that. I ... |
58. How can a program point to a a different directory coderanch.comI have program in a source which needs to indicate a different directory in the project. As in the following : + Main Directory + Sub Directory One + Recources <==== Desired directory + Sub Directory two + Source Directory Executing program (Needs to point to Desired directory about. How can I accomplish this in code. |
59. Watch files in directory coderanch.comHi, I would like to monitor for new files or whether files has changed in directory. I know I could just make it all from the button, but does anyone know or could recommend a good framework that does the job. Maybe a framework where you can add an observer to get notifications about which file has changed? Kind regards Torben ... |
60. how to download files to predefined directory at user's local PC? coderanch.comWe need build something in our java web application to download a zip file from server , and we like to control the directory where the files can be downloaded by our users. What we really like is to save the zip file from server and unzip it to a predefined directory at user's local PC, eg. C:\download. I like to ... |
61. Download File in specified directory coderanch.comHello.. Would like to know if there is a way for a web application to allow file download without displaying "Open/Save" dialog box and instead automatically dump the file in a specified directory, say for instance, client C:\ directory or in another location in the network. Appreciate any ideas because i'm still very unfamiliar on how to implement this and if ... |
62. doubt about lib directory coderanch.com |
63. Help with creating sub directories using File I/O and Sun's Doclet API coderanch.comHello there, I am using Sun's Doclet API to parse source code and write newly created Java source files (which don't contain any private members). Wrote a program which reads in Java source files (using the JVM's javadoc command line utility through an Ant target) and creates new Java source files (using Sun's Doclet API located inside tools.jar). My problem is ... |
64. Is there possible using commands with directory to run a java app? coderanch.comHi, I wanna use a command to run a JAVA application like C/C++, for instance, under the windows comand line I write instructions as below: c:\>F:\MyVcApplications\test.exe how can I run a java app like that? c:\>java F:\MyJavaApplications\Test I know the implementing as above is impossible. There may be a package can resolve this problem, write a line in JAVA code at ... |
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67. Use of jre\lib\ext directory coderanch.comI read somewhere that I can dispense with a huge CLASSPATH environment variable by plonking all my required jar files in jre\lib\ext and the runtime will automatically look for packages there. I've done that but it doesn't seem to pick it up. Can someone help me understand the relevance of jre\lib\ext and how to make it work ? Thanks. Pho |
68. Directory Size coderanch.comHi, I'm trying to figure out how to get the current size and max size of a directory. Can anyone help me out here? I prefer not to use the os's commands to get this info. I suppose I can get the current size by adding up all the file sizes but this does not seem to be the best way. ... |
69. How to make directories coderanch.comDunno abt sun's FTP client, I am writing my own these days, isn't it "MKD |
70. select all files in directory coderanch.com |
71. Setting up directory hierarchy for JAVA coderanch.comIs there a standard schema for directory hierarchy in order to use JAVA? I find the use of the dos console to be repugnant but, that is the way it is. It is obvious that following default setup is cumbersome in that Windows XP likes to bury files to the nth folder on a system. Is it ok to create C:\JAVA ... |
72. Getting A Directory Or File Size coderanch.comRats, you may have to use recursion to the ends of the tree to get the size of all files in a directory. I do this in REXX and make a CSV with these columns: directory #files in this directory #bytes in those files #files in this plus all subdirectories #bytes in those files It's an interesting way to explore disk ... |
73. Print out the working directory? coderanch.com |
74. directory creation thru java program coderanch.comimport java.util.logging.Logger; import java.util.regex.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.nio.channels.*; import java.nio.*; /** * Demonstrates the creation of a directory with files inside * @author M Habibi */ public class DirectoryCreator { public static Logger log = Logger.getAnonymousLogger(); public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { create("MyDir","myLogFile_1.txt"); create("MyDir","myLogFile_2.txt"); } private static void create(String dirName, String fileName) throws Exception { File dir ... |
75. Checking For Directory Existance coderanch.com |
76. executing java from another directory coderanch.comAnother consideration when setting the classpath is if the class is in a package. Then you need to adjust the path so that it plus the package gives the complete path to the file. For example if the package is agent and the file is at C:\files\region1\agent\pgm.class then the classpath should be: C:\files\region1\ When you execute you need the package as ... |
77. cant create directory coderanch.com |
78. META-INF directory? coderanch.comI do not know whether there is a formal long-form for META-INF and WEB-INF, but many consider them to stand for META INFORMATION and WEB (component) INFORMATION. Meta information is information about something. A typical .ear (Enterprise ARchive) file will probably have (just an example) : META-INF/MANIFEST.MF META-INF/application.xml A typical .jar (Java ARchive) file will probably have (just an example) : ... |
79. Referring to class in another directory? coderanch.comRemember that applets run on the user's desktop, while servlets and JSPs run on the server. Different JVMs on different machines at different times. CLASSPATH is irrelevant for applets and, for that matter, for servlets -- although when you're compiling, then it can matter, of course. Classes and JARs in Apache's htdocs directory are just data files, as far as the ... |
80. I need help putting the /bin of my java directory coderanch.comHow many times does your Java installation appear in your PATH? If you have more than one Java installation, your computer will pick whichever appears first in the list. And make sure you put c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin; in the PATH, not the CLASSPATH. As Ulf Dittmer says, you will have to close and reopen your command prompt before these changes take effect. ... |
81. File Directory Reference .. coderanch.comA pathname, whether abstract or in string form, may be either absolute or relative. An absolute pathname is complete in that no other information is required in order to locate the file that it denotes. A relative pathname, in contrast, must be interpreted in terms of information taken from some other pathname. By default the classes in the java.io package always ... |
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83. Java file comparision between two directories coderanch.com |
84. Base Directory coderanch.comIf I have a .class file that creates a File object, and the URL for the File object is not fully qualified, where is the file expected to reside? What about for .jar files? For .class files, it appears to be the first nonpackage related folder, but for .jar files, I can't figure it out. Thanks, Andy |
85. how to check whether a file exists in a directory? coderanch.com |
86. Doubt in directory creation for files coderanch.comHi , I have already written some logic so that the file can be created with the directory by using mkdir() ..But I want to know if there is any other API that can create the file and directory by passing the full path name and the file name. Been googling it but didn't find any .. |
87. META-INF Directory coderanch.com |
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92. Directory not writable coderanch.comhi..when this directory exists in the path,then canWrite() is true..and if this directory is not exists,it is simply can not be written obviously because after the instance creation of File object,the file is not created actually if the file is not exist.so canWrite() becomes false in this case..i tried it on my pc.. |
93. Problem When Compressing Directory coderanch.comHi, I am using the following code for compressing the content of the given folder-- private void zipFolder(final String dir, final String zipfile) { // Check that the directory is a directory, and get its contents File directory = new File(dir); if (!directory.isDirectory()) { LOG.error(directory.getName() + " Is Not A directory."); } ZipOutputStream out = null; FileInputStream fInputStream = null; String[] ... |
94. Unable to Create Non-Read-Only Directories... coderanch.comHi Everyone, I am trying to create a directory using JAVA in which the code will copy some files into. But the problem is the directory that is created is always read only and so am always getting an error while copying.. Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: E:\Workspace\BackgroundService\lib\MessageFlow\apollo\Aug\24\10 (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream. |
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96. doubt regarding Directory Upload using HTTPclient3.1 library coderanch.comHello everyone, I am new to using HTTP Client library. I understood how to upload a file in specified location using Apache commons file- upload ,but i was unable to understand how to upload directories using Apache commons file upload . For ex: You see the directory contains some files in it as well as other directories. Basically this directory also ... |
97. Compare directories on separate workstations coderanch.comI am having a terrible time trying to come up with a way to compare two directories stored on separate computers. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. A little background: I am writing an rmi application that provides file sharing an backups of music, videos pictures, etc. The problem is I want to compare a directory on the client machine against ... |
98. Directory creation date coderanch.comThe last modified date is available through lastModified(), but Chinna is right about the creation date. JNI or perhaps an external command line tool is the only way to do this. FileTimes uses JNI as well. If you decide to program something like this yourself, keep in mind that Windows file creation times are not in milliseconds since January 1st 1970 ... |
99. Cannot run program from another directory other than c:\Sun\SDK\jdk\bin coderanch.comI have a stupid brand new question. I am teaching myself Java with the "Head First Java Book" by O'Reilly and am on day # 2 1/2. As ever - the 1st step is to make sure that I have a functioning version of Java SDK on my machine, so I can perform the excercises before I start reading too deeply ... |
100. creating directory coderanch.comim just wondering... how to create a directory within the same location of the .jar file. im using netbeans 6.8 and the jar file is located on a folder called 'dist' i wanted my program to create a new folder in that directory, or where ever location the jar file will be moved, when it is run, it will create the ... |