Thread: Help me with directory copying code.

Directory is not copied help me plzz

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.*;
 
 
public class Main {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 
		Path p1 = Paths.get("path1\\");
		Path p2 = Paths.get("path2\\new2\\");
 
		//System.out.format("%s%n", Files.isReadable(p2));
		//System.out.format("%s%n", p1.toAbsolutePath());
//		System.err.format("error");
		//System.out.format("getName()%s%n", p1.getName(0));
		//System.out.format("FileName()%s%n", p1.getFileName());
		//System.out.format(".toUri()%s%n", p1.getNameCount());
 
		Files.copy(p2, p1, REPLACE_EXISTING);
		System.out.println(p2.getFileName() + " has been successfully copied to " + (p1.toAbsolutePath()) );
 
	}
 
}

output:

new2 has been successfully copied to F:\My Work\JAVA\Paths\path1

but i cant find anything in path1 directory

i m a beginner, as far as i knw, i m using the correct api
Copying a File or Directory (The Java™ Tutorials > Essential Classes > Basic I/O)

i m als having problem in move method. when i move a directory to another folder, the source directory is deleted but i cant find any directory in the target folder..

but the tile is copying directory or file, File is copying easily, while i cant copy/move directory.

if i am wrong plz correct me, and tell me what should i do?

Directories can be copied. However, files inside the directory are not copied, so the new directory is empty even when the original directory contains files.

yes u are right. it is clearly saying that folder can be copied but file will not be copied there.. then why folder is not copying

the source folder like
if path1 is path1/new1/copy
and path2 is path2/new2/
and i am moving/copy Path1 to path2 then copy should be copied/moved to new2 folder, but the new2 folder is empty,
however if i move/copy file like this its perfectly working

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.*;
 
 
public class Main {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 
		Path p1 = Paths.get("path1\\news.txt");
		Path p2 = Paths.get("path2\\new\\new.txt");
 
		//System.out.format("%s%n", Files.isReadable(p2));
		//System.out.format("%s%n", Files.size(p2));
//		System.err.format("error");
		//System.out.format("getName()%s%n", p1.getName(0));
		//System.out.format("FileName()%s%n", p1.getFileName());
		//System.out.format(".toUri()%s%n", p1.getNameCount());
 
		Files.copy(p2, p1, REPLACE_EXISTING);
		//System.out.println(p2.getFileName() + " has been successfully copied to " + (p1.toAbsolutePath()) );
 
	}
 
}

this is perfectly working and file is copied to another directoty

the source folder like
if path1 is path1/new1/copy
and path2 is path2/new2/
and i am moving/copy Path1 to path2 then copy should be copied/moved to new2 folder, but the new2 folder is empty,
however if i move/copy file like this its perfectly working

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.*;
 
 
public class Main {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 
		Path p1 = Paths.get("path1\\news.txt");
		Path p2 = Paths.get("path2\\new\\new.txt");
 
		//System.out.format("%s%n", Files.isReadable(p2));
		//System.out.format("%s%n", Files.size(p2));
//		System.err.format("error");
		//System.out.format("getName()%s%n", p1.getName(0));
		//System.out.format("FileName()%s%n", p1.getFileName());
		//System.out.format(".toUri()%s%n", p1.getNameCount());
 
		Files.copy(p2, p1, REPLACE_EXISTING);
		//System.out.println(p2.getFileName() + " has been successfully copied to " + (p1.toAbsolutePath()) );
 
	}
 
}

this is perfectly working and file is copied to another directoty

nop. not yet i will surely post it if i will solve it.. plz help i cant

i was saying that i can copy/move files this is perfectly working
but i cant copy/move directories/folder. it is not working

It do not copy directory.
but i can see whats wrong while i move the directory, the source directory is removed from the source dir, but it is not moved to the destination dir. where it goes i dnt knw