How to copy PDF/Ms Word file to another directory

[Farakh khan]

Hello,

	
	public boolean moveFile(String srcPath, String destPath, String fileName){

	File file = new File(srcPath+fileName);
	File dir = new File(destPath); 

		boolean success = file.renameTo(new File(dir, fileName)); 

		if (!success) {  
		System.out.println("File not moved ("+srcPath+fileName+")");
		} 

	return true;
	}//method

This code moves the file whereas I am looking for copying the file.
I mean the original file will remain on its place but its copy will be made to other directory. Please note file may be pdf or word any format

Thanks & best regards

[Joe Ess]

Please search before posting. This question comes up all the time and there are many helpful posts like this one

[Harsha Smith]

import java.io.File;  
import java.io.FileInputStream;  
import java.io.FileOutputStream;  
import java.io.IOException;  
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;  
  
  
public class FileTest {  
    public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception{  
          
        File source = new File("C:\\Users\\Harsha\\Desktop\\cat.pdf");  
        File destinationFile = new File("D:\\MyFolder\\cat.pdf");  
        copy(source, destinationFile);  
      
      
          
    }  
      
    public static void copy ( File source,  File target)  
        throws IOException {  
        FileChannel sourceChannel = null;  
        FileChannel targetChannel =null;  
        try {  
            sourceChannel =new FileInputStream(source).getChannel();  
            targetChannel=  new FileOutputStream(target).getChannel();  
        targetChannel.transferFrom(sourceChannel, 0,  
        sourceChannel.size());  
        }  
        finally {  
        targetChannel.close();  
        sourceChannel.close();  
        }  
        }  
          
        }  

[Farakh khan]

Thanks from the bottom of my heart

Best regards

[Greg Charles]

Something worth checking out is org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils, and Apache Commons I/O in general. There are lot of useful utility methods there, including ones for copying files on a file system. I like Harsha's example using NIO though.