Storing Files

[superwaxer]

Hi all,

Im attempting to upload a file and store a copy of it in a different directory. I tried to do this by creating a new file in the target directory and then renaming the uploaded file to that file. This works fine except it removes the original file in the original directory. Here's a piece of my code:

File newFile = new File(jTextField1.getText());
if (newFile.exists()) {
java.io.File tempFile = new java.io.File("Dictionaries/" + jTextField2.getText() + ".txt");
newFile.renameTo(tempFile);
jLabel3.setText("File added successfully");
}else{
jLabel3.setText("File does not exist");
}

What I would like to know is how can I, instead of moving the original file to the new directory, move a copy of it so that the original file remains in the original directory? Any help is appreciated.

[OrangeDog]

Let me google that for you

[ron87]

i think u need to write file copy logic if you want to copy it..
using fileInputStream read the contents of the file and write them into a new file.

[superwaxer]

"Let me google that for you"

Why thank you hotdog! No one ever took the time to teach me how to type a google search! Man, you really do learn a lot from this forum! O and thanks ron87, your appreciation for my common sense is much appreciated.

[OrangeDog]

Yet you failed to find a single one of those solutions before posting here.

[superwaxer]

"Yet you failed to find a single one of those solutions before posting here."

Yeah I guess I wasnt smart enough to know what I was looking for at that stage. But I really do appreciate your kindness towards other members hotdog. I wont post on this forum again as I asked for an honest piece of advice, not a sarcastic reply where someone tries to make me feel like a complete idiot. I like forums as they are there to teach you something, but unfortunately some just dont get it. What a shame...

[OrangeDog]

Treat this a learning experience. Both in how to construct suitable search-engine queries, and how volunteers who answer questions on forums dislike having to constantly repeat themselves. I like to teach people how to be self-sufficient.