Java I/O How to - Atomic Move a file with java.nio.file.Files








Question

We would like to know how to atomic Move a file with java.nio.file.Files.

Answer

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import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
    Path sourceFile = Paths.get("C:/home/docs/users.txt");
    Path destinationFile = Paths.get("C:/home/music/users.txt");
    Files.move(sourceFile, destinationFile, StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE);

  }
}