doubt on renameTo method

[itsraghz]

Hi ,

While looking at this thread http://bytes.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=851452 , just got to know about the new method "renameTo()". Was wondering for having missed this and wanted to check that out. [Thanks to the admin r035198x!]

The API says that ,

Many aspects of the behavior of this method are inherently platform-dependent: The rename operation might not be able to move a file from one filesystem to another, it might not be atomic, and it might not succeed if a file with the destination abstract pathname already exists.

I am very sure that there is NO file with the passed destination file name. But the return value is always false and it shows the operation failed.

Any idea/clue? I am using it in Windows OS.

Thanks,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.

[JosAH]

Are both the source and the target file on the same file system (or 'disk')?

kind regards,

Jos

[itsraghz]

Are both the source and the target file on the same file system (or 'disk')?

kind regards,

Jos

Yes Jos. Thank you. They both are in the same file system/disk.

[r035198x]

... and you have permissions to both source and destination folders?

[itsraghz]

... and you have permissions to both source and destination folders?

yes of course. I do have the admin rights (part of administrator group)!

[r035198x]

Could you give us a peek at the code then?

[itsraghz]

Could you give us a peek at the code then?

Thank you r035198x.

It was a confusion in the classpath settings of the IDE I use Netbeans.

After changing the files in the appropriate classpath, it works fine!

I had to ensure first by doing it in command prompt - same old better way of dealing with Java programs!

[JosAH]

Thank you r035198x.

It was a confusion in the classpath settings of the IDE I use Netbeans.

After changing the files in the appropriate classpath, it works fine!

I had to ensure first by doing it in command prompt - same old better way of dealing with Java programs!

I don't understand what a classpath has to do with an assumed failure/success
of the renameTo() method.

kind regards,

Jos

[Nepomuk]

I don't understand what a classpath has to do with an assumed failure/success of the renameTo() method.

I'd say: relative paths! :-D

Greetings,
Nepomuk