org.yajul.io
Class FileUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.yajul.io.FileUtil

public class FileUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Provides utility methods for dealing with files (java.io.File).

Author:

josh May 4, 2004 7:08:23 AM

Constructor Summary

FileUtil()

Method Summary

static int	recursiveDelete(java.io.File f) Deletes files or directories recursively, returns the number of files deleted.
static long	tail(int numberOfLines, java.io.File file, java.io.Writer writer) Like UN*X tail - writes the last 'n' lines of a file to the writer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FileUtil

public FileUtil()

Method Detail

recursiveDelete

public static int recursiveDelete(java.io.File f)
                           throws java.io.IOException

Deletes files or directories recursively, returns the number of files deleted.

Parameters:

f - The file or directory to delete.

Returns:

The number of files deleted.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if something goes wrong.

tail

public static long tail(int numberOfLines,
                        java.io.File file,
                        java.io.Writer writer)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Like UN*X tail - writes the last 'n' lines of a file to the writer.

Parameters:

numberOfLines - the number of tail lines

file - the file to tail

writer - where to send the output

Returns:

long - The position of the last byte read.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if something goes wrong