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Article #16980Re: Fastest way to copy a file ?
From: Richard Wilkman
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00
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Hansjorg: Unfortunatly copy is very low level (some would say atomic) in the OS and Java doesn't go that deep. -Rich Hansj�rg Zimmermann wrote: > > Thanks for reply > > I had the apprehension, that this will be the answer to my question. > Because each operating system has a copy functionality, i had a > little hope, that this would be a part of java. Anyway, i'll do it > with buffered reader. > > Thanks > > Hansjoerg Zimmermann > Fanari AG > > Richard Wilkman schrieb: > > > Hansjorg (sorry, I lost the umlaut): > > > > You have to read it in and write it out to a new name. Copy is not > > provided in Java. Your best bet is to use a buffered reader. > > > > A cheat (non-portable and dangerous because you can't control or check > > for error states) would be to just Runtime.exec() a copy command. > > > > -Rich > > > > Hansj�rg Zimmermann wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > What is the fastest way to make a copy of a file ? > > > > > > Any hints are welcome > > > > > > H. Zimmermann, Fanari AG, Zurich, Switzerland > > > > -- > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Rich Wilkman > > Senior Quality Assurance Engineer > > Borland JBuilder Team > > > > If you see something that looks like an opinion up there, > > it's mine and mine alone. > > > > Mail sent to me from the newsgroups won't bounce but will > > be ignored. If I have time, I'll respond, but you have > > a better chance if you confine your posts to the newsgroups > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rich Wilkman Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Borland JBuilder Team If you see something that looks like an opinion up there, it's mine and mine alone. Mail sent to me from the newsgroups won't bounce but will be ignored. If I have time, I'll respond, but you have a better chance if you confine your posts to the newsgroups =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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