import java.io.*; /** * Makes a copy of a file. The original file and the name of the * copy must be given as command-line arguments. In addition, the * first command-line argument can be "-f"; if present, the program * will overwrite an existing file; if not, the program will report * an error and end if the output file already exists. The number * of bytes that are copied is reported. (Note that for efficiency, * the input and output streams in this program should really be * wrapped in a BufferedInputStream and a BufferedOutputStream. * For example, the input stream would be created using * "source = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(sourceName))". */ public class CopyFile { public static void main(String[] args) { String sourceName; // Name of the source file, // as specified on the command line. String copyName; // Name of the copy, // as specified on the command line. InputStream source; // Stream for reading from the source file. OutputStream copy; // Stream for writing the copy. boolean force; // This is set to true if the "-f" option // is specified on the command line. int byteCount; // Number of bytes copied from the source file. /* Get file names from the command line and check for the presence of the -f option. If the command line is not one of the two possible legal forms, print an error message and end this program. */ if (args.length == 3 && args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("-f")) { sourceName = args[1]; copyName = args[2]; force = true; } else if (args.length == 2) { sourceName = args[0]; copyName = args[1]; force = false; } else { System.out.println( "Usage: java CopyFile "); System.out.println( " or java CopyFile -f "); return; } /* Create the input stream. If an error occurs, end the program. */ try { source = new FileInputStream(sourceName); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { System.out.println("Can't find file \"" + sourceName + "\"."); return; } /* If the output file already exists and the -f option was not specified, print an error message and end the program. */ File file = new File(copyName); if (file.exists() && force == false) { System.out.println( "Output file exists. Use the -f option to replace it."); return; } /* Create the output stream. If an error occurs, end the program. */ try { copy = new FileOutputStream(copyName); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("Can't open output file \"" + copyName + "\"."); return; } /* Copy one byte at a time from the input stream to the output stream, ending when the read() method returns -1 (which is the signal that the end of the stream has been reached). If any error occurs, print an error message. Also print a message if the file has been copied successfully. */ byteCount = 0; try { while (true) { int data = source.read(); if (data < 0) break; copy.write(data); byteCount++; } source.close(); copy.close(); System.out.println("Successfully copied " + byteCount + " bytes."); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Error occurred while copying. " + byteCount + " bytes copied."); System.out.println(e.toString()); } } // end main() } // end class CopyFile