Java: File Renaming Detection

Question

Is there a way to detect file renaming using Java? (NIO\'s WatchService API or any other) From what I\'ve seen when renaming a file two separate events occur - ENTRY_DELETE

Answer 1

Detecting renaming of files can not be done portably. Because, surprising as it may seem, the idea that a file HAS-A name is not portable. Most Unix file systems allow a file to have any number of ASSOCIATED names (including zero names). In the Unix (POSIX) world, renaming means adding a new name and then removing the original name.