Convert SmbFile to Java IO File

Question

My Java application requires access to a large excel file (1GB+ in size) saved on remote shared folder. I\'m using SmbFile to get the file with authenticati

Answer 1

    jcifs.smb.SmbFile smbFile = new SmbFile("smb://host/fileShare/.../file");
    java.io.File javaFile = new File(smbFile.getUncPath());

    System.out.println(smbFile);
    System.out.println(javaFile);

Output

smb://host/fileShare/.../file
\\host\fileShare\...\file

javadoc of smbFile.getUncPath() says

Retuns the Windows UNC style path with backslashs intead of forward slashes.

I am using jcifs-1.3.17.jar on Windows 10.