Android File Rename renameFile(String origPath, String destPath)

Description

Convenience function to rename (move) a file.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
origPath	Original path
destPath	Destination path

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	If the operation fails.

Declaration

public static void renameFile(String origPath, String destPath)
        throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;
import codebase.os.SysUtil;

public class Main{
    /**//from   w ww .j  a v  a2s  .  c o m
     * Convenience function to rename (move) a file.
     * <p>
     * The rename works even if the destination file exists, however the operation is not
     * atomic on Windows, which means that it's possible for the rename to fail in such a
     * way that the destination file is deleted but the original is not renamed.
     * 
     * @param origPath Original path
     * @param destPath Destination path
     * @throws IOException If the operation fails.
     */
    public static void renameFile(String origPath, String destPath)
            throws IOException {
        File orig = new File(origPath);
        File dest = new File(destPath);

        // On windows, we must manually delete the destination file if it exists
        if (SysUtil.getOperatingSystem() == SysUtil.OS.WINDOWS
                && dest.exists())
            dest.delete();

        if (!orig.renameTo(dest))
            throw new IOException(String.format(
                    "Unable to rename file from '%1$s' to '%2$s'",
                    orig.toString(), dest.toString()));
    }
}

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