Copying files from one directory to another in Java
For now this should solve your problem
File source = new File("H:\\work-temp\\file");File dest = new File("H:\\work-temp\\file2");try { FileUtils.copyDirectory(source, dest);} catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace();}FileUtils class from apache commons-io library, available since version 1.2.
Using third party tools instead of writing all utilities by ourself seems to be a better idea. It can save time and other valuable resources.
There is no file copy method in the Standard API (yet). Your options are:
- Write it yourself, using a FileInputStream, a FileOutputStream and a buffer to copy bytes from one to the other - or better yet, use FileChannel.transferTo()
- User Apache Commons' FileUtils
- Wait for NIO2 in Java 7
In Java 7, there is a standard method to copy files in java:
Files.copy.
It integrates with O/S native I/O for high performance.
See my A on Standard concise way to copy a file in Java? for a full description of usage.