Topic: how to access files over the network using java

how to access files over the network using java

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Posted By: Anonymous
Posted On: Friday, May 11, 2007 01:32 PM

I have two windows machines connected through LAN.
If both computers are on the same network, and it's a Windows network , I want to know how to read file placed in Shared folder/drive in machine2 by executing java program from machine1. The shared folder is public folder with full access to every one. Note that When I access the shared folder from my machine I am able to access the folder without giving any username/password.
Regards
Sivashankar P.

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Re: how to access files over the network using java

Posted By: Anonymous
Posted On: Monday, July 16, 2007 05:22 PM

In Java, you connect to a file on a shared directory path using a file location convention that is similar to what you would use in Windows Explorer (only the slashes are changed):


  File someFile := new File("//hostName/shareName/dirPath/fileName");

Reading the file is left as an exercise for the reader.

Note: This solution is not platform-independent.

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