In Java, we can use Files.size to get the size of a file; for the directory or folder size, we need to count the size of a directory recursively (sum of the Files.size of all files). This example shows a few common ways to get the size of a directory or folder. FileVisitor (Java 7) […]
In Java, we can use the Java 1.7 FileVisitor or Apache Commons IO FileUtils.copyDirectory to copy a directory, which includes its sub-directories and files. This article shows a few of the common ways to copy a directory in Java. FileVisitor (Java 7+) FileUtils.copyDirectory (Apache commons-io) Custom Copy using Java 7 NIO and Java 8 Stream. […]
If we use the NIO Files.delete to delete a non-empty directory in Java, it throws DirectoryNotEmptyException; for legacy IO File.delete to delete a non-empty directory, it returns a false. The standard solution is to loop the directory recursively, and delete all its children’s contents first (sub-files or sub-directories), and delete the parent later. This example […]