org.apache.tools.ant.util

Class FileUtils

public class FileUtils extends Object

This class also encapsulates methods which allow Files to be referred to using abstract path names which are translated to native system file paths at runtime as well as copying files or setting their last modification time.
Field Summary
static longFAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
The granularity of timestamps under FAT.
static longNTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
The granularity of timestamps under the NT File System.
static longUNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
The granularity of timestamps under Unix.
Constructor Summary
protected FileUtils()
Empty constructor.
Method Summary
static voidclose(Writer device)
Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
static voidclose(Reader device)
Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
static voidclose(OutputStream device)
Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
static voidclose(InputStream device)
Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
booleancontentEquals(File f1, File f2)
Compares the contents of two files.
booleancontentEquals(File f1, File f2, boolean textfile)
Compares the contents of two files.
voidcopyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.
voidcopyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.
voidcopyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.
voidcopyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
voidcopyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
voidcopyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
voidcopyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
voidcopyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.
voidcopyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.
voidcopyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.
voidcopyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
voidcopyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files, the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile and which character encoding to assume.
voidcopyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
voidcopyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
booleancreateNewFile(File f)
This was originally an emulation of File.createNewFile for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).
booleancreateNewFile(File f, boolean mkdirs)
Create a new file, optionally creating parent directories.
FilecreateTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir)
Create a temporary file in a given directory.
FilecreateTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit)
Create a temporary file in a given directory.
static voiddelete(File file)
Delete the file with File#delete() if the argument is not null.
String[]dissect(String path)
Dissect the specified absolute path.
booleanfileNameEquals(File f1, File f2)
Compares two filenames.
StringfromURI(String uri)
Constructs a file path from a file: URI.
StringgetDefaultEncoding()
Get the default encoding.
longgetFileTimestampGranularity()
Get the granularity of file timestamps.
URLgetFileURL(File file)
Get the URL for a file taking into account # characters.
static FileUtilsgetFileUtils()
Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this method.
FilegetParentFile(File f)
This was originally an emulation of File#getParentFile for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).
static StringgetPath(List pathStack)
Gets path from a List of Strings.
static StringgetPath(List pathStack, char separatorChar)
Gets path from a List of Strings.
static String[]getPathStack(String path)
Gets all names of the path as an array of Strings.
static StringgetRelativePath(File fromFile, File toFile)
Calculates the relative path between two files.
static booleanisAbsolutePath(String filename)
Verifies that the specified filename represents an absolute path.
static booleanisContextRelativePath(String filename)
On DOS and NetWare, the evaluation of certain file specifications is context-dependent.
booleanisLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
Learn whether one path "leads" another.
booleanisSymbolicLink(File parent, String name)
Checks whether a given file is a symbolic link.
booleanisUpToDate(File source, File dest, long granularity)
Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
booleanisUpToDate(File source, File dest)
Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
booleanisUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime, long granularity)
Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the specified granularity.
booleanisUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime)
Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the current granularity.
static FileUtilsnewFileUtils()
Factory method.
Filenormalize(String path)
"Normalize" the given absolute path.
static StringreadFully(Reader rdr)
Read from reader till EOF.
static StringreadFully(Reader rdr, int bufferSize)
Read from reader till EOF.
StringremoveLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
Removes a leading path from a second path.
voidrename(File from, File to)
Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.
FileresolveFile(File file, String filename)
Interpret the filename as a file relative to the given file unless the filename already represents an absolute filename.
voidsetFileLastModified(File file, long time)
Calls File.setLastModified(long time).
StringtoURI(String path)
Constructs a file: URI that represents the external form of the given pathname.
StringtoVMSPath(File f)
Returns a VMS String representation of a File object.
static StringtranslatePath(String toProcess)
Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format.

Field Detail

FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY

public static final long FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
The granularity of timestamps under FAT.

NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY

public static final long NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
The granularity of timestamps under the NT File System. NTFS has a granularity of 100 nanoseconds, which is less than 1 millisecond, so we round this up to 1 millisecond.

UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY

public static final long UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
The granularity of timestamps under Unix.

Constructor Detail

FileUtils

protected FileUtils()
Empty constructor.

Method Detail

close

public static void close(Writer device)
Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

Parameters: device output writer, can be null.

close

public static void close(Reader device)
Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

Parameters: device Reader, can be null.

close

public static void close(OutputStream device)
Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

Parameters: device stream, can be null.

close

public static void close(InputStream device)
Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

Parameters: device stream, can be null.

contentEquals

public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2)
Compares the contents of two files.

Parameters: f1 the file whose content is to be compared. f2 the other file whose content is to be compared.

Returns: true if the content of the files is the same.

Throws: IOException if the files cannot be read.

contentEquals

public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2, boolean textfile)
Compares the contents of two files.

Parameters: f1 the file whose content is to be compared. f2 the other file whose content is to be compared. textfile true if the file is to be treated as a text file and differences in kind of line break are to be ignored.

Returns: true if the content of the files is the same.

Throws: IOException if the files cannot be read.

Since: Ant 1.6.3

copyFile

public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination. No filtering is performed.

Parameters: sourceFile Name of file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.

Parameters: sourceFile Name of file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile Name of file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.

Parameters: sourceFile Name of file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile Name of file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.

Parameters: sourceFile Name of file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile Name of file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.

Parameters: sourceFile Name of file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile Name of file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file. encoding the encoding used to read and write the files.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

Since: Ant 1.5

copyFile

public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.

Parameters: sourceFile Name of file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile Name of file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file. encoding the encoding used to read and write the files. project the project instance.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

Since: Ant 1.5

copyFile

public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.

Parameters: sourceFile Name of file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile Name of file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file. inputEncoding the encoding used to read the files. outputEncoding the encoding used to write the files. project the project instance.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

Since: Ant 1.6

copyFile

public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination. No filtering is performed.

Parameters: sourceFile the file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile the file to copy to. Must not be null.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.

Parameters: sourceFile the file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile the file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.

Parameters: sourceFile the file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile the file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.

Parameters: sourceFile the file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile the file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

copyFile

public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files, the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile and which character encoding to assume.

Parameters: sourceFile the file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile the file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file. encoding the encoding used to read and write the files.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

Since: Ant 1.5

copyFile

public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.

Parameters: sourceFile the file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile the file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file. encoding the encoding used to read and write the files. project the project instance.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

Since: Ant 1.5

copyFile

public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project)
Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.

Parameters: sourceFile the file to copy from. Must not be null. destFile the file to copy to. Must not be null. filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy. filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy. overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists. preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file. inputEncoding the encoding used to read the files. outputEncoding the encoding used to write the files. project the project instance.

Throws: IOException if the copying fails.

Since: Ant 1.6

createNewFile

public boolean createNewFile(File f)
This was originally an emulation of File.createNewFile for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).

This method has historically not guaranteed that the operation was atomic. In its current implementation it is.

Parameters: f the file to be created.

Returns: true if the file did not exist already.

Throws: IOException on error.

Since: Ant 1.5

createNewFile

public boolean createNewFile(File f, boolean mkdirs)
Create a new file, optionally creating parent directories.

Parameters: f the file to be created. mkdirs boolean whether to create parent directories.

Returns: true if the file did not exist already.

Throws: IOException on error.

Since: Ant 1.6.3

createTempFile

public File createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir)
Create a temporary file in a given directory.

The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.

The filename is prefixNNNNNsuffix where NNNN is a random number.

This method is different from File.createTempFile() of JDK 1.2 as it doesn't create the file itself. It uses the location pointed to by java.io.tmpdir when the parentDir attribute is null.

Parameters: prefix prefix before the random number. suffix file extension; include the '.'. parentDir Directory to create the temporary file in; java.io.tmpdir used if not specified.

Returns: a File reference to the new temporary file.

Since: Ant 1.5

createTempFile

public File createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit)
Create a temporary file in a given directory.

The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.

The filename is prefixNNNNNsuffix where NNNN is a random number.

This method is different from File.createTempFile() of JDK 1.2 as it doesn't create the file itself. It uses the location pointed to by java.io.tmpdir when the parentDir attribute is null.

Parameters: prefix prefix before the random number. suffix file extension; include the '.'. parentDir Directory to create the temporary file in; deleteOnExit whether to set the tempfile for deletion on normal VM exit. java.io.tmpdir used if not specified.

Returns: a File reference to the new temporary file.

Since: Ant 1.7

delete

public static void delete(File file)
Delete the file with File#delete() if the argument is not null. Do nothing on a null argument.

Parameters: file file to delete.

dissect

public String[] dissect(String path)
Dissect the specified absolute path.

Parameters: path the path to dissect.

Returns: String[] {root, remaining path}.

Throws: java.lang.NullPointerException if path is null.

Since: Ant 1.7

fileNameEquals

public boolean fileNameEquals(File f1, File f2)
Compares two filenames.

Unlike java.io.File#equals this method will try to compare the absolute paths and "normalize" the filenames before comparing them.

Parameters: f1 the file whose name is to be compared. f2 the other file whose name is to be compared.

Returns: true if the file are for the same file.

Since: Ant 1.5.3

fromURI

public String fromURI(String uri)
Constructs a file path from a file: URI.

Will be an absolute path if the given URI is absolute.

Swallows '%' that are not followed by two characters, doesn't deal with non-ASCII characters.

Parameters: uri the URI designating a file in the local filesystem.

Returns: the local file system path for the file.

Since: Ant 1.6

getDefaultEncoding

public String getDefaultEncoding()
Get the default encoding. This is done by opening an InputStreamReader on a dummy InputStream and getting the encoding. Could use System.getProperty("file.encoding"), but cannot see where this is documented.

Returns: the default file encoding.

getFileTimestampGranularity

public long getFileTimestampGranularity()
Get the granularity of file timestamps. The choice is made based on OS, which is incorrect--it should really be by filesystem. We do not have an easy way to probe for file systems, however, so this heuristic gives us a decent default.

Returns: the difference, in milliseconds, which two file timestamps must have in order for the two files to be considered to have different timestamps.

getFileURL

public URL getFileURL(File file)
Get the URL for a file taking into account # characters.

Parameters: file the file whose URL representation is required.

Returns: The FileURL value.

Throws: MalformedURLException if the URL representation cannot be formed.

getFileUtils

public static FileUtils getFileUtils()
Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this method.

Returns: an instance of FileUtils.

Since: Ant 1.6.3

getParentFile

public File getParentFile(File f)

Deprecated: since 1.7. Just use File#getParentFile directly.

This was originally an emulation of File#getParentFile for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).

Parameters: f the file whose parent is required.

Returns: the given file's parent, or null if the file does not have a parent.

Since: 1.10

getPath

public static String getPath(List pathStack)
Gets path from a List of Strings.

Parameters: pathStack List of Strings to be concated as a path.

Returns: String, never null

Since: Ant 1.7

getPath

public static String getPath(List pathStack, char separatorChar)
Gets path from a List of Strings.

Parameters: pathStack List of Strings to be concated as a path. separatorChar char to be used as separator between names in path

Returns: String, never null

Since: Ant 1.7

getPathStack

public static String[] getPathStack(String path)
Gets all names of the path as an array of Strings.

Parameters: path to get names from

Returns: Strings, never null

Since: Ant 1.7

getRelativePath

public static String getRelativePath(File fromFile, File toFile)
Calculates the relative path between two files.

Implementation note:
This function my throw an IOException if an I/O error occurs because its use of the canonical pathname may require filesystem queries.

Parameters: fromFile the File to calculate the path from toFile the File to calculate the path to

Returns: the relative path between the files

Throws: Exception for undocumented reasons

Since: Ant 1.7

See Also: File#getCanonicalPath()

isAbsolutePath

public static boolean isAbsolutePath(String filename)
Verifies that the specified filename represents an absolute path. Differs from new java.io.File("filename").isAbsolute() in that a path beginning with a double file separator--signifying a Windows UNC--must at minimum match "\\a\b" to be considered an absolute path.

Parameters: filename the filename to be checked.

Returns: true if the filename represents an absolute path.

Throws: java.lang.NullPointerException if filename is null.

Since: Ant 1.6.3

isContextRelativePath

public static boolean isContextRelativePath(String filename)
On DOS and NetWare, the evaluation of certain file specifications is context-dependent. These are filenames beginning with a single separator (relative to current root directory) and filenames with a drive specification and no intervening separator (relative to current directory of the specified root).

Parameters: filename the filename to evaluate.

Returns: true if the filename is relative to system context.

Throws: java.lang.NullPointerException if filename is null.

Since: Ant 1.7

isLeadingPath

public boolean isLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
Learn whether one path "leads" another.

Parameters: leading The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute. path The path to remove from, must not be null, must be absolute.

Returns: true if path starts with leading; false otherwise.

Since: Ant 1.7

isSymbolicLink

public boolean isSymbolicLink(File parent, String name)
Checks whether a given file is a symbolic link.

It doesn't really test for symbolic links but whether the canonical and absolute paths of the file are identical--this may lead to false positives on some platforms.

Parameters: parent the parent directory of the file to test name the name of the file to test.

Returns: true if the file is a symbolic link.

Throws: IOException on error.

Since: Ant 1.5

isUpToDate

public boolean isUpToDate(File source, File dest, long granularity)
Returns true if the source is older than the dest. If the dest file does not exist, then the test returns false; it is implicitly not up do date.

Parameters: source source file (should be the older). dest dest file (should be the newer). granularity an offset added to the source time.

Returns: true if the source is older than the dest after accounting for granularity.

Since: Ant 1.6.3

isUpToDate

public boolean isUpToDate(File source, File dest)
Returns true if the source is older than the dest.

Parameters: source source file (should be the older). dest dest file (should be the newer).

Returns: true if the source is older than the dest, taking the granularity into account.

Since: Ant 1.6.3

isUpToDate

public boolean isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime, long granularity)
Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the specified granularity.

Parameters: sourceTime timestamp of source file. destTime timestamp of dest file. granularity os/filesys granularity.

Returns: true if the dest file is considered up to date.

isUpToDate

public boolean isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime)
Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the current granularity.

Parameters: sourceTime timestamp of source file. destTime timestamp of dest file.

Returns: true if the dest file is considered up to date.

newFileUtils

public static FileUtils newFileUtils()

Deprecated: since 1.7. Use getFileUtils instead, FileUtils do not have state.

Factory method.

Returns: a new instance of FileUtils.

normalize

public File normalize(String path)
"Normalize" the given absolute path.

This includes:

Unlike File#getCanonicalPath() this method specifically does not resolve symbolic links.

Parameters: path the path to be normalized.

Returns: the normalized version of the path.

Throws: java.lang.NullPointerException if path is null.

readFully

public static final String readFully(Reader rdr)
Read from reader till EOF.

Parameters: rdr the reader from which to read.

Returns: the contents read out of the given reader.

Throws: IOException if the contents could not be read out from the reader.

readFully

public static final String readFully(Reader rdr, int bufferSize)
Read from reader till EOF.

Parameters: rdr the reader from which to read. bufferSize the buffer size to use when reading.

Returns: the contents read out of the given reader.

Throws: IOException if the contents could not be read out from the reader.

removeLeadingPath

public String removeLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
Removes a leading path from a second path.

Parameters: leading The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute. path The path to remove from, must not be null, must be absolute.

Returns: path's normalized absolute if it doesn't start with leading; path's path with leading's path removed otherwise.

Since: Ant 1.5

rename

public void rename(File from, File to)
Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.

This will remove to (if it exists), ensure that to's parent directory exists and move from, which involves deleting from as well.

Parameters: from the file to move. to the new file name.

Throws: IOException if anything bad happens during this process. Note that to may have been deleted already when this happens.

Since: Ant 1.6

resolveFile

public File resolveFile(File file, String filename)
Interpret the filename as a file relative to the given file unless the filename already represents an absolute filename. Differs from new File(file, filename) in that the resulting File's path will always be a normalized, absolute pathname. Also, if it is determined that filename is context-relative, file will be discarded and the reference will be resolved using available context/state information about the filesystem.

Parameters: file the "reference" file for relative paths. This instance must be an absolute file and must not contain "./" or "../" sequences (same for \ instead of /). If it is null, this call is equivalent to new java.io.File(filename).getAbsoluteFile(). filename a file name.

Returns: an absolute file.

Throws: java.lang.NullPointerException if filename is null.

setFileLastModified

public void setFileLastModified(File file, long time)
Calls File.setLastModified(long time). Originally written to to dynamically bind to that call on Java1.2+.

Parameters: file the file whose modified time is to be set time the time to which the last modified time is to be set. if this is -1, the current time is used.

toURI

public String toURI(String path)
Constructs a file: URI that represents the external form of the given pathname.

Will be an absolute URI if the given path is absolute.

This code encodes non ASCII characters too.

The coding of the output is the same as what File.toURI().toASCIIString() produces

See dt-sysid which makes some mention of how characters not supported by URI Reference syntax should be escaped.

Parameters: path the path in the local file system.

Returns: the URI version of the local path.

Since: Ant 1.6

toVMSPath

public String toVMSPath(File f)
Returns a VMS String representation of a File object. This is useful since the JVM by default internally converts VMS paths to Unix style. The returned String is always an absolute path.

Parameters: f The File to get the VMS path for.

Returns: The absolute VMS path to f.

translatePath

public static String translatePath(String toProcess)
Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format.

This method uses PathTokenizer to separate the input path into its components. This handles DOS style paths in a relatively sensible way. The file separators are then converted to their platform specific versions.

Parameters: toProcess The path to be translated. May be null.

Returns: the native version of the specified path or an empty string if the path is null or empty.

Since: ant 1.7

See Also: PathTokenizer