How to know whether a file copying is 'in progress'/complete in java (1.6) [duplicate]

Answer 1

This solution worked for me:

File ff = new File(fileStr);

if(ff.exists()) {

    for(int timeout = 100; timeout>0; timeout--) {
        RandomAccessFile ran = null;

        try {
            ran = new RandomAccessFile(ff, "rw");
            break; // no errors, done waiting
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.out.println("timeout: " + timeout + ": " + ex.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if(ran != null) try {
                ran.close();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                //do nothing
            }

            ran = null;
        }

        try {
            Thread.sleep(100); // wait a bit then try again
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            //do nothing
        }
    }

    System.out.println("File lockable: " + fileStr +
                 (ff.exists()?" exists":" deleted during process"));
} else {
    System.out.println("File does not exist: " + fileStr);
}

This solution relies on the fact that you can't open the file for writing if another process has it open. It will stay in the loop until the timeout value is reached or the file can be opened. The timeout values will need to be adjusted depending on the application's actual needs. I also tried this method with channels and tryLock(), but it didn't seem to be necessary.