Java - Move and Rename all files from one destination to another

Question

I have files in one folder, i want to move them into the another folder but also and to rename them (with some static prefix value which should be added)

I succeed to list all files from the source directory but I cannot find move method when getting files[i] and I also cannot find how to rename and move files to another folder in the same time.

Can someone tell me what I should add in getFiles method in order to move and rename.

This is my class.

import java.io.File;

public class CopyTest {

    static File mainFolder = new File("F:\\TestCopy");
    static File destinationFolder = new File("F:\\TestCopy2");
    public String prefix="PREFIX";

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        CopyTest lf = new CopyTest();
        lf.getFiles(lf.mainFolder);

        long fileSize = mainFolder.length();

            System.out.println("File size in KB is : " + (double)fileSize/1024);

    }
    public void getFiles(File f){
        File files[];
        if(f.isFile())
            System.out.println(f.getAbsolutePath());
        else{
            files = f.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {


                getFiles(files[i]);

            }
        }
    }
}

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '16 at 12:00

You can use file.renameto() for moving and renaming.

Sample -

import java.io.File;

public class MoveFileExample
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try{

           File afile =new File("C:\\folderA\\Afile.txt");

           if(afile.renameTo(new File("C:\\folderB\\" + afile.getName()))){
            System.out.println("File is moved successful!");
           }else{
            System.out.println("File is failed to move!");
           }

        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

2

How about yourFile.renameTo(new File("C://newpath.txt')); ?

how to move file from one location to another location in java?

You can rename it in the new File(...), so get the file name and add your prefix.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Sep 16 '16 at 12:00

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 16 '16 at 12:04

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http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/Files.html try class Files move() method.

answered Sep 16 '16 at 12:04

Sandipan Dey

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 16 '16 at 12:11

You can write this way

  import java.io.File;

public class CopyTest
{

static File mainFolder = new File("F:\\TestCopy");
static File destinationFolder = new File("F:\\TestCopy2");
public String prefix = "PREFIX";

public static void main(String str[])
{
    CopyTest lf = new CopyTest();
    lf.getFiles(lf.mainFolder);

    long fileSize = mainFolder.length();

    System.out.println("File size in KB is : " + (double) fileSize / 1024);

}

public void getFiles(File f)
{
    File files[];
    if (f.isFile())
    {
        f.renameTo(new File(destinationFolder + "\\" + prefix + f.getName()));
    }
    else
    {
        files = f.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
        {

            getFiles(files[i]);

        }
    }
}

}

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 16 '16 at 12:02

Copy File From One Folder To Another Then Remove Source file

/**
 * Copy File From One Folder To Another Folder
 * Then Delete File
 * @param sourceFile
 * @param destFile
 * @throws IOException 
 */
public static void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile) throws IOException {
    InputStream in = null;
    OutputStream out = null;
    try {
        in = new FileInputStream(sourceFile);
        out = new FileOutputStream(destFile);
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int length;
        while ((length = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
            out.write(buffer, 0, length);
        }
    } catch(Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    finally
    {
        in.close();
        out.close();
        sourceFile.delete();
    }
}

Java - Move and Rename all files from one destination to another

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