Everyone keeps saying how simple it is to move a file from point a to point b using fileutils, but I'm having lots of trouble moving a file :(

I have a /temp/ folder in the directory wherever the .jar is located, in this temp folder I have a .txt file I want to move up a directory (so basically next to the .jar file) but I cant seem to do it?

Here's some code, but I know its not even close:

public void replaceFile() { String absolutePath = getPath(); Path from = Paths.get(absolutePath + "\\temp\\test.txt"); Path to = Paths.get(absolutePath + "\\test.txt"); try { FileUtils.moveFile(FileUtils.getFile(from.toAbsolutePath().toString()), FileUtils.getFile(to.toAbsolutePath().toString())); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "test"); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } public String getPath() { File jarDir = new File(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource(".").getPath()); //JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, jarDir.getAbsolutePath()); return jarDir.getAbsolutePath(); } 

Any help is appreciated :\

2 Answers

Why don't use this Java API for Moving a File or Directory

Files.move(from, to, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);

UPDATE

Looking at your source code I suggest the following implementation:

Path from = Paths.get(absolutePath, "/temp/test.txt"); Path to = Paths.get(absolutePath, "/test.txt"); try { Files.move(from, to, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "test"); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } 

ok i managed to do it, apparently the getPath() method returned some funny path and it failed there, so heres a code that works

public void downloadJar() { String absolutePath = getPath(); String from = absolutePath + "\\temp\\test.txt"; String to = absolutePath + "\\test.txt"; File fileTo = new File(to); File fileFrom = new File(from); try { FileUtils.moveFile(fileFrom, fileTo); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "test"); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "io exce"); } } public String getPath() { return System.getProperty("user.dir"); } 

thanks everyone

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