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org.apache.tools.ant.util
 
Class FileUtils</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class FileUtils<DT>extends java.lang.Object</DL>
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This class also encapsulates methods which allow Files to be
 referred to using abstract path names which are translated to native
 system file paths at runtime as well as copying files or setting
 their last modification time.

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<CODE>static&nbsp;long</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY">FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</A></CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The granularity of timestamps under FAT.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;long</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY">NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</A></CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The granularity of timestamps under the NT File System.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;long</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY">UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</A></CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The granularity of timestamps under Unix.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empty constructor.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#close(java.nio.channels.Channel)">close</A>(java.nio.channels.Channel&nbsp;device)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Close a Channel without throwing any exception if something went wrong.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#close(java.io.InputStream)">close</A>(java.io.InputStream&nbsp;device)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#close(java.io.OutputStream)">close</A>(java.io.OutputStream&nbsp;device)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#close(java.io.Reader)">close</A>(java.io.Reader&nbsp;device)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Close a Reader without throwing any exception if something went wrong.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#close(java.net.URLConnection)">close</A>(java.net.URLConnection&nbsp;conn)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Closes an URLConnection if its concrete implementation provides
 a way to close it that Ant knows of.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#close(java.io.Writer)">close</A>(java.io.Writer&nbsp;device)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#contentEquals(java.io.File, java.io.File)">contentEquals</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;f1,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares the contents of two files.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#contentEquals(java.io.File, java.io.File, boolean)">contentEquals</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;f1,
 java.io.File&nbsp;f2,
 boolean&nbsp;textfile)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares the contents of two files.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
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 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
 specifying if token filtering must be used.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
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 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if
 source files may overwrite newer destination files.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
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 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 source files may overwrite newer destination files and the
 last modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
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 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token
 filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files, the last
 modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal to the last modified time
 of <code>sourceFile</code> and which character encoding to assume.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 boolean&nbsp;append,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;inputEncoding,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;outputEncoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
 newer destination files and the last modified time of
 <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;encoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
 newer destination files and the last modified time of
 <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)">copyFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
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 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;inputEncoding,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;outputEncoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection)">copyFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
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 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
 specifying if token filtering must be used.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean)">copyFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
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 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token
 filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.</TD>
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<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean)">copyFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
 specifying if token
 filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination
 files and the last
 modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal to
 the last modified time
 of <code>sourceFile</code>.</TD>
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<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String)">copyFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token
 filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last
 modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal to the last modified time
 of <code>sourceFile</code>.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)">copyFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
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 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
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 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;encoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
 newer destination files and the last modified time of
 <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)">copyFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
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 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;inputEncoding,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;outputEncoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This was originally an emulation of File.createNewFile for JDK 1.1,
 but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#createNewFile(java.io.File, boolean)">createNewFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;f,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create a new file, optionally creating parent directories.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.io.File</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File)">createTempFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;suffix,
 java.io.File&nbsp;parentDir)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deprecated.&nbsp;since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(String, String, File,
 boolean, boolean) instead.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.io.File</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File, boolean)">createTempFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
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 java.io.File&nbsp;parentDir,
 boolean&nbsp;deleteOnExit)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deprecated.&nbsp;since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(String, String, File,
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.io.File</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File, boolean, boolean)">createTempFile</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;suffix,
 java.io.File&nbsp;parentDir,
 boolean&nbsp;deleteOnExit,
 boolean&nbsp;createFile)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create a temporary file in a given directory.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#delete(java.io.File)">delete</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;file)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delete the file with <CODE>File.delete()</CODE> if the argument is not null.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String[]</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#dissect(java.lang.String)">dissect</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dissect the specified absolute path.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#fileNameEquals(java.io.File, java.io.File)">fileNameEquals</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;f1,
 java.io.File&nbsp;f2)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares two filenames.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#fromURI(java.lang.String)">fromURI</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;uri)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Constructs a file path from a <code>file:</code> URI.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getDefaultEncoding()">getDefaultEncoding</A>()</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the default encoding.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;long</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getFileTimestampGranularity()">getFileTimestampGranularity</A>()</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the granularity of file timestamps.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;java.net.URL</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getFileURL(java.io.File)">getFileURL</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;file)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the URL for a file taking into account # characters.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>static&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.util">FileUtils</A></CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getFileUtils()">getFileUtils</A>()</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this
 method.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.io.File</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getParentFile(java.io.File)">getParentFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deprecated.&nbsp;since 1.7. Just use <CODE>File.getParentFile()</CODE> directly.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getPath(java.util.List)">getPath</A>(java.util.List&nbsp;pathStack)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets path from a <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getPath(java.util.List, char)">getPath</A>(java.util.List&nbsp;pathStack,
 char&nbsp;separatorChar)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets path from a <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String[]</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getPathStack(java.lang.String)">getPathStack</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets all names of the path as an array of <code>String</code>s.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#getRelativePath(java.io.File, java.io.File)">getRelativePath</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;fromFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;toFile)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Calculates the relative path between two files.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#hasErrorInCase(java.io.File)">hasErrorInCase</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;localFile)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;test whether a file or directory exists, with an error in the
 upper/lower case spelling of the name.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>static&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isAbsolutePath(java.lang.String)">isAbsolutePath</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;filename)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Verifies that the specified filename represents an absolute path.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isContextRelativePath(java.lang.String)">isContextRelativePath</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;filename)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On DOS and NetWare, the evaluation of certain file
 specifications is context-dependent.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isLeadingPath(java.io.File, java.io.File)">isLeadingPath</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;leading,
 java.io.File&nbsp;path)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Learn whether one path "leads" another.</TD>
</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isSymbolicLink(java.io.File, java.lang.String)">isSymbolicLink</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;parent,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;name)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deprecated.&nbsp;use SymbolicLinkUtils instead</TD>
</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isUpToDate(java.io.File, java.io.File)">isUpToDate</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;source,
 java.io.File&nbsp;dest)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns true if the source is older than the dest.</TD>
</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isUpToDate(java.io.File, java.io.File, long)">isUpToDate</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;source,
 java.io.File&nbsp;dest,
 long&nbsp;granularity)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns true if the source is older than the dest.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isUpToDate(long, long)">isUpToDate</A>(long&nbsp;sourceTime,
 long&nbsp;destTime)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the
 current granularity.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#isUpToDate(long, long, long)">isUpToDate</A>(long&nbsp;sourceTime,
 long&nbsp;destTime,
 long&nbsp;granularity)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compare two timestamps for being up to date using
 the specified granularity.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>static&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.util">FileUtils</A></CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#newFileUtils()">newFileUtils</A>()</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deprecated.&nbsp;since 1.7.
 Use getFileUtils instead,
 FileUtils do not have state.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;java.io.File</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#normalize(java.lang.String)">normalize</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Normalize&quot; the given absolute path.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#readFully(java.io.Reader)">readFully</A>(java.io.Reader&nbsp;rdr)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Read from reader till EOF.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#readFully(java.io.Reader, int)">readFully</A>(java.io.Reader&nbsp;rdr,
 int&nbsp;bufferSize)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Read from reader till EOF.</TD>
</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#removeLeadingPath(java.io.File, java.io.File)">removeLeadingPath</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;leading,
 java.io.File&nbsp;path)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Removes a leading path from a second path.</TD>
</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#rename(java.io.File, java.io.File)">rename</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;from,
 java.io.File&nbsp;to)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;java.io.File</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#resolveFile(java.io.File, java.lang.String)">resolveFile</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;file,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;filename)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interpret the filename as a file relative to the given file
 unless the filename already represents an absolute filename.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#safeReadFully(java.io.Reader)">safeReadFully</A>(java.io.Reader&nbsp;reader)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Safe read fully - do not return a null for an empty reader.</TD>
</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#setFileLastModified(java.io.File, long)">setFileLastModified</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;file,
 long&nbsp;time)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Calls File.setLastModified(long time).</TD>
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<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#toURI(java.lang.String)">toURI</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Constructs a <code>file:</code> URI that represents the
 external form of the given pathname.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#toVMSPath(java.io.File)">toVMSPath</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a VMS String representation of a <code>File</code> object.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#translatePath(java.lang.String)">translatePath</A>(java.lang.String&nbsp;toProcess)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%">
<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></TD>
<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html#tryHardToDelete(java.io.File)">tryHardToDelete</A>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</CODE>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accommodate Windows bug encountered in both Sun and IBM JDKs.</TD>
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<A NAME="FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY"></A><H3>
FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</H3>
<PRE>
public static final long FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The granularity of timestamps under FAT.

<DL>
<DT>See Also:<DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils.FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
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<A NAME="UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY"></A><H3>
UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</H3>
<PRE>
public static final long UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The granularity of timestamps under Unix.

<DL>
<DT>See Also:<DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils.UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY"></A><H3>
NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</H3>
<PRE>
public static final long NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The granularity of timestamps under the NT File System.
 NTFS has a granularity of 100 nanoseconds, which is less
 than 1 millisecond, so we round this up to 1 millisecond.

<DL>
<DT>See Also:<DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils.NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
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<A NAME="FileUtils()"></A><H3>
FileUtils</H3>
<PRE>
protected FileUtils()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Empty constructor.

</DL>

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<A NAME="newFileUtils()"></A><H3>
newFileUtils</H3>
<PRE>
public static <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.util">FileUtils</A> newFileUtils()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Deprecated.&nbsp;since 1.7.
 Use getFileUtils instead,
 FileUtils do not have state.

<DD>Factory method.

<DD><DL>

<DT>Returns:<DD>a new instance of FileUtils.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getFileUtils()"></A><H3>
getFileUtils</H3>
<PRE>
public static <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.util">FileUtils</A> getFileUtils()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this
 method.

<DD><DL>

<DT>Returns:<DD>an instance of FileUtils.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6.3</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getFileURL(java.io.File)"></A><H3>
getFileURL</H3>
<PRE>
public java.net.URL getFileURL(java.io.File&nbsp;file)
 throws java.net.MalformedURLException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the URL for a file taking into account # characters.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>file</CODE> - the file whose URL representation is required.
<DT>Returns:<DD>The FileURL value.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.net.MalformedURLException</CODE> - if the URL representation cannot be
 formed.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.
 No filtering is performed.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
 specifying if token filtering must be used.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token
 filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy from. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy to. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already
 exists.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
 specifying if token
 filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination
 files and the last
 modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal to
 the last modified time
 of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy from. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy to. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be
 overwritten if it already exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of
 the resulting file
 should be set to that of the source file.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;encoding)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token
 filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last
 modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal to the last modified time
 of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy from. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy to. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already
 exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file
 should be set to that of the source file.<DD><CODE>encoding</CODE> - the encoding used to read and write the files.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;encoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
 newer destination files and the last modified time of
 <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>filterChains</CODE> - filterChains to apply during the copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be
 overwritten if it already exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of
 the resulting file should be set to that
 of the source file.<DD><CODE>encoding</CODE> - the encoding used to read and write the files.<DD><CODE>project</CODE> - the project instance.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;inputEncoding,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;outputEncoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token
 filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer
 destination files and the last modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made
 equal to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy from. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - Name of file to copy to. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>filterChains</CODE> - filterChains to apply during the copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already
 exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file
 should be set to that of the source file.<DD><CODE>inputEncoding</CODE> - the encoding used to read the files.<DD><CODE>outputEncoding</CODE> - the encoding used to write the files.<DD><CODE>project</CODE> - the project instance.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination. No filtering is performed.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to. Must not be <code>null</code>.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
 specifying if token filtering must be used.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if
 source files may overwrite newer destination files.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be
 overwritten if it already exists.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 source files may overwrite newer destination files and the
 last modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be
 overwritten if it already exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of
 the resulting file should be set to that
 of the source file.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;encoding)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token
 filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files, the last
 modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal to the last modified time
 of <code>sourceFile</code> and which character encoding to assume.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to. Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already
 exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file
 should be set to that of the source file.<DD><CODE>encoding</CODE> - the encoding used to read and write the files.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;encoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
 newer destination files and the last modified time of
 <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>filterChains</CODE> - filterChains to apply during the copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be
 overwritten if it already exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of
 the resulting file should be set to that
 of the source file.<DD><CODE>encoding</CODE> - the encoding used to read and write the files.<DD><CODE>project</CODE> - the project instance.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;inputEncoding,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;outputEncoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
 newer destination files and the last modified time of
 <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>filterChains</CODE> - filterChains to apply during the copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be
 overwritten if it already exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of
 the resulting file should be set to that
 of the source file.<DD><CODE>inputEncoding</CODE> - the encoding used to read the files.<DD><CODE>outputEncoding</CODE> - the encoding used to write the files.<DD><CODE>project</CODE> - the project instance.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="copyFile(java.io.File, java.io.File, org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection, java.util.Vector, boolean, boolean, boolean, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.apache.tools.ant.Project)"></A><H3>
copyFile</H3>
<PRE>
public void copyFile(java.io.File&nbsp;sourceFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;destFile,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSetCollection.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant.types">FilterSetCollection</A>&nbsp;filters,
 java.util.Vector&nbsp;filterChains,
 boolean&nbsp;overwrite,
 boolean&nbsp;preserveLastModified,
 boolean&nbsp;append,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;inputEncoding,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;outputEncoding,
 <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/Project.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">Project</A>&nbsp;project)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
 destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
 filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
 newer destination files and the last modified time of
 <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
 to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceFile</CODE> - the file to copy from.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>destFile</CODE> - the file to copy to.
 Must not be <code>null</code>.<DD><CODE>filters</CODE> - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.<DD><CODE>filterChains</CODE> - filterChains to apply during the copy.<DD><CODE>overwrite</CODE> - Whether or not the destination file should be
 overwritten if it already exists.<DD><CODE>preserveLastModified</CODE> - Whether or not the last modified time of
 the resulting file should be set to that
 of the source file.<DD><CODE>append</CODE> - whether to append to the destination file.<DD><CODE>inputEncoding</CODE> - the encoding used to read the files.<DD><CODE>outputEncoding</CODE> - the encoding used to write the files.<DD><CODE>project</CODE> - the project instance.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the copying fails.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.8</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="setFileLastModified(java.io.File, long)"></A><H3>
setFileLastModified</H3>
<PRE>
public void setFileLastModified(java.io.File&nbsp;file,
 long&nbsp;time)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Calls File.setLastModified(long time). Originally written to
 to dynamically bind to that call on Java1.2+.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>file</CODE> - the file whose modified time is to be set<DD><CODE>time</CODE> - the time to which the last modified time is to be set.
 if this is -1, the current time is used.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="resolveFile(java.io.File, java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
resolveFile</H3>
<PRE>
public java.io.File resolveFile(java.io.File&nbsp;file,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;filename)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Interpret the filename as a file relative to the given file
 unless the filename already represents an absolute filename.
 Differs from <code>new File(file, filename)</code> in that
 the resulting File's path will always be a normalized,
 absolute pathname. Also, if it is determined that
 <code>filename</code> is context-relative, <code>file</code>
 will be discarded and the reference will be resolved using
 available context/state information about the filesystem.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>file</CODE> - the "reference" file for relative paths. This
 instance must be an absolute file and must not contain
 &quot;./&quot; or &quot;../&quot; sequences (same for \ instead
 of /). If it is null, this call is equivalent to
 <code>new java.io.File(filename).getAbsoluteFile()</code>.<DD><CODE>filename</CODE> - a file name.
<DT>Returns:<DD>an absolute file.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if filename is null.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isContextRelativePath(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
isContextRelativePath</H3>
<PRE>
public static boolean isContextRelativePath(java.lang.String&nbsp;filename)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>On DOS and NetWare, the evaluation of certain file
 specifications is context-dependent. These are filenames
 beginning with a single separator (relative to current root directory)
 and filenames with a drive specification and no intervening separator
 (relative to current directory of the specified root).

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>filename</CODE> - the filename to evaluate.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the filename is relative to system context.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if filename is null.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isAbsolutePath(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
isAbsolutePath</H3>
<PRE>
public static boolean isAbsolutePath(java.lang.String&nbsp;filename)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Verifies that the specified filename represents an absolute path.
 Differs from new java.io.File("filename").isAbsolute() in that a path
 beginning with a double file separator--signifying a Windows UNC--must
 at minimum match "\\a\b" to be considered an absolute path.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>filename</CODE> - the filename to be checked.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the filename represents an absolute path.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if filename is null.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6.3</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="translatePath(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
translatePath</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String translatePath(java.lang.String&nbsp;toProcess)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format.
 
 This method uses PathTokenizer to separate the input path
 into its components. This handles DOS style paths in a relatively
 sensible way. The file separators are then converted to their platform
 specific versions.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>toProcess</CODE> - The path to be translated.
 May be <code>null</code>.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the native version of the specified path or
 an empty string if the path is <code>null</code> or empty.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>ant 1.7</DD>
<DT>See Also:<DD><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/PathTokenizer.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant"><CODE>PathTokenizer</CODE></A></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="normalize(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
normalize</H3>
<PRE>
public java.io.File normalize(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>&quot;Normalize&quot; the given absolute path.

This includes:
 <ul>
 <li>Uppercase the drive letter if there is one.</li>
 <li>Remove redundant slashes after the drive spec.</li>
 <li>Resolve all ./, .\, ../ and ..\ sequences.</li>
 <li>DOS style paths that start with a drive letter will have
 \ as the separator.</li>
 </ul>
 Unlike <CODE>File.getCanonicalPath()</CODE> this method
 specifically does not resolve symbolic links.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>path</CODE> - the path to be normalized.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the normalized version of the path.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if path is null.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="dissect(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
dissect</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String[] dissect(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Dissect the specified absolute path.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>path</CODE> - the path to dissect.
<DT>Returns:<DD>String[] {root, remaining path}.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NullPointerException</CODE> - if path is null.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="toVMSPath(java.io.File)"></A><H3>
toVMSPath</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String toVMSPath(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns a VMS String representation of a <code>File</code> object.
 This is useful since the JVM by default internally converts VMS paths
 to Unix style.
 The returned String is always an absolute path.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>f</CODE> - The <code>File</code> to get the VMS path for.
<DT>Returns:<DD>The absolute VMS path to <code>f</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
createTempFile</H3>
<PRE>
public java.io.File createTempFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;suffix,
 java.io.File&nbsp;parentDir)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Deprecated.&nbsp;since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(String, String, File,
 boolean, boolean) instead.

<DD>Create a File object for a temporary file in a given directory. Without
 actually creating the file.

The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before
 this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will
 yield a different file name.
 
 
 The filename is prefixNNNNNsuffix where NNNN is a random number.
 

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>prefix</CODE> - prefix before the random number.<DD><CODE>suffix</CODE> - file extension; include the '.'.<DD><CODE>parentDir</CODE> - Directory to create the temporary file in; java.io.tmpdir used
 if not specified.
<DT>Returns:<DD>a File reference to the new, nonexistent temporary file.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File, boolean, boolean)"></A><H3>
createTempFile</H3>
<PRE>
public java.io.File createTempFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;suffix,
 java.io.File&nbsp;parentDir,
 boolean&nbsp;deleteOnExit,
 boolean&nbsp;createFile)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create a temporary file in a given directory.

The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not
 exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation
 of this method will yield a different file name.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>prefix</CODE> - prefix before the random number.<DD><CODE>suffix</CODE> - file extension; include the '.'.<DD><CODE>parentDir</CODE> - Directory to create the temporary file in;
 java.io.tmpdir used if not specified.<DD><CODE>deleteOnExit</CODE> - whether to set the tempfile for deletion on
 normal VM exit.<DD><CODE>createFile</CODE> - true if the file must actually be created. If false
 chances exist that a file with the same name is created in the time
 between invoking this method and the moment the file is actually created.
 If possible set to true.
<DT>Returns:<DD>a File reference to the new temporary file.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7.1</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File, boolean)"></A><H3>
createTempFile</H3>
<PRE>
public java.io.File createTempFile(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;suffix,
 java.io.File&nbsp;parentDir,
 boolean&nbsp;deleteOnExit)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Deprecated.&nbsp;since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(String, String, File,
 boolean, boolean) instead.

<DD>Create a File object for a temporary file in a given directory. Without
 actually creating the file.

The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before
 this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will
 yield a different file name.
 
 
 The filename is prefixNNNNNsuffix where NNNN is a random number.
 

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>prefix</CODE> - prefix before the random number.<DD><CODE>suffix</CODE> - file extension; include the '.'.<DD><CODE>parentDir</CODE> - Directory to create the temporary file in; java.io.tmpdir used
 if not specified.<DD><CODE>deleteOnExit</CODE> - whether to set the tempfile for deletion on normal VM exit.
<DT>Returns:<DD>a File reference to the new, nonexistent temporary file.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="contentEquals(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
contentEquals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean contentEquals(java.io.File&nbsp;f1,
 java.io.File&nbsp;f2)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares the contents of two files.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>f1</CODE> - the file whose content is to be compared.<DD><CODE>f2</CODE> - the other file whose content is to be compared.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the content of the files is the same.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the files cannot be read.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="contentEquals(java.io.File, java.io.File, boolean)"></A><H3>
contentEquals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean contentEquals(java.io.File&nbsp;f1,
 java.io.File&nbsp;f2,
 boolean&nbsp;textfile)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares the contents of two files.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>f1</CODE> - the file whose content is to be compared.<DD><CODE>f2</CODE> - the other file whose content is to be compared.<DD><CODE>textfile</CODE> - true if the file is to be treated as a text file and
 differences in kind of line break are to be ignored.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the content of the files is the same.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the files cannot be read.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6.3</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getParentFile(java.io.File)"></A><H3>
getParentFile</H3>
<PRE>
public java.io.File getParentFile(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Deprecated.&nbsp;since 1.7. Just use <CODE>File.getParentFile()</CODE> directly.

<DD>This was originally an emulation of <CODE>File.getParentFile()</CODE> for JDK 1.1, but it is now
 implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>f</CODE> - the file whose parent is required.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the given file's parent, or null if the file does not have a parent.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>1.10</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="readFully(java.io.Reader)"></A><H3>
readFully</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String readFully(java.io.Reader&nbsp;rdr)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Read from reader till EOF.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>rdr</CODE> - the reader from which to read.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the contents read out of the given reader.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the contents could not be read out from the
 reader.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="readFully(java.io.Reader, int)"></A><H3>
readFully</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String readFully(java.io.Reader&nbsp;rdr,
 int&nbsp;bufferSize)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Read from reader till EOF.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>rdr</CODE> - the reader from which to read.<DD><CODE>bufferSize</CODE> - the buffer size to use when reading.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the contents read out of the given reader.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if the contents could not be read out from the
 reader.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="safeReadFully(java.io.Reader)"></A><H3>
safeReadFully</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String safeReadFully(java.io.Reader&nbsp;reader)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Safe read fully - do not return a null for an empty reader.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>reader</CODE> - the input to read from.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the string.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if unable to read from reader.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7.1</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="createNewFile(java.io.File)"></A><H3>
createNewFile</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean createNewFile(java.io.File&nbsp;f)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This was originally an emulation of File.createNewFile for JDK 1.1,
 but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).

This method has historically not guaranteed that the
 operation was atomic. In its current implementation it is.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>f</CODE> - the file to be created.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the file did not exist already.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - on error.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="createNewFile(java.io.File, boolean)"></A><H3>
createNewFile</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean createNewFile(java.io.File&nbsp;f,
 boolean&nbsp;mkdirs)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create a new file, optionally creating parent directories.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>f</CODE> - the file to be created.<DD><CODE>mkdirs</CODE> - <code>boolean</code> whether to create parent directories.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the file did not exist already.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - on error.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6.3</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isSymbolicLink(java.io.File, java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
isSymbolicLink</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean isSymbolicLink(java.io.File&nbsp;parent,
 java.lang.String&nbsp;name)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Deprecated.&nbsp;use SymbolicLinkUtils instead

<DD>Checks whether a given file is a symbolic link.

It doesn't really test for symbolic links but whether the
 canonical and absolute paths of the file are identical--this
 may lead to false positives on some platforms.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>parent</CODE> - the parent directory of the file to test<DD><CODE>name</CODE> - the name of the file to test.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the file is a symbolic link.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - on error.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="removeLeadingPath(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
removeLeadingPath</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String removeLeadingPath(java.io.File&nbsp;leading,
 java.io.File&nbsp;path)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Removes a leading path from a second path.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>leading</CODE> - The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute.<DD><CODE>path</CODE> - The path to remove from, must not be null, must be absolute.
<DT>Returns:<DD>path's normalized absolute if it doesn't start with
 leading; path's path with leading's path removed otherwise.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isLeadingPath(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
isLeadingPath</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean isLeadingPath(java.io.File&nbsp;leading,
 java.io.File&nbsp;path)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Learn whether one path "leads" another.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>leading</CODE> - The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute.<DD><CODE>path</CODE> - The path to remove from, must not be null, must be absolute.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if path starts with leading; false otherwise.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="toURI(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
toURI</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String toURI(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Constructs a <code>file:</code> URI that represents the
 external form of the given pathname.

Will be an absolute URI if the given path is absolute.

This code encodes non ASCII characters too.

The coding of the output is the same as what File.toURI().toASCIIString() produces

See <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#dt-sysid">dt-sysid</a>
 which makes some mention of how
 characters not supported by URI Reference syntax should be escaped.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>path</CODE> - the path in the local file system.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the URI version of the local path.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="fromURI(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
fromURI</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String fromURI(java.lang.String&nbsp;uri)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Constructs a file path from a <code>file:</code> URI.

Will be an absolute path if the given URI is absolute.

Swallows '%' that are not followed by two characters,
 doesn't deal with non-ASCII characters.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>uri</CODE> - the URI designating a file in the local filesystem.
<DT>Returns:<DD>the local file system path for the file.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="fileNameEquals(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
fileNameEquals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean fileNameEquals(java.io.File&nbsp;f1,
 java.io.File&nbsp;f2)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares two filenames.

Unlike java.io.File#equals this method will try to compare
 the absolute paths and &quot;normalize&quot; the filenames
 before comparing them.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>f1</CODE> - the file whose name is to be compared.<DD><CODE>f2</CODE> - the other file whose name is to be compared.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the file are for the same file.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.5.3</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="rename(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
rename</H3>
<PRE>
public void rename(java.io.File&nbsp;from,
 java.io.File&nbsp;to)
 throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.

This will remove <code>to</code> (if it exists), ensure that
 <code>to</code>'s parent directory exists and move
 <code>from</code>, which involves deleting <code>from</code> as
 well.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>from</CODE> - the file to move.<DD><CODE>to</CODE> - the new file name.
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if anything bad happens during this
 process. Note that <code>to</code> may have been deleted
 already when this happens.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getFileTimestampGranularity()"></A><H3>
getFileTimestampGranularity</H3>
<PRE>
public long getFileTimestampGranularity()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the granularity of file timestamps. The choice is made based on OS, which is
 incorrect--it should really be by filesystem. We do not have an easy way to probe for file
 systems, however, so this heuristic gives us a decent default.

<DD><DL>

<DT>Returns:<DD>the difference, in milliseconds, which two file timestamps must have in order for the
 two files to be considered to have different timestamps.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="hasErrorInCase(java.io.File)"></A><H3>
hasErrorInCase</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean hasErrorInCase(java.io.File&nbsp;localFile)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>test whether a file or directory exists, with an error in the
 upper/lower case spelling of the name.
 Using this method is only interesting on case insensitive file systems
 (Windows). 
 It will return true only if 3 conditions are met :
 
 <ul>
 <li>operating system is case insensitive</li>
 <li>file exists</li>
 <li>actual name from directory reading is different from the
 supplied argument</li>
 </ul>
 
 the purpose is to identify files or directories on case-insensitive
 filesystems whose case is not what is expected. 
 Possibly to rename them afterwards to the desired upper/lowercase
 combination.
 

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>localFile</CODE> - file to test
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the file exists and the case of the actual file
 is not the case of the parameter<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7.1</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isUpToDate(java.io.File, java.io.File, long)"></A><H3>
isUpToDate</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean isUpToDate(java.io.File&nbsp;source,
 java.io.File&nbsp;dest,
 long&nbsp;granularity)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
 If the dest file does not exist, then the test returns false; it is
 implicitly not up do date.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>source</CODE> - source file (should be the older).<DD><CODE>dest</CODE> - dest file (should be the newer).<DD><CODE>granularity</CODE> - an offset added to the source time.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the source is older than the dest after accounting
 for granularity.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6.3</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isUpToDate(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
isUpToDate</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean isUpToDate(java.io.File&nbsp;source,
 java.io.File&nbsp;dest)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns true if the source is older than the dest.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>source</CODE> - source file (should be the older).<DD><CODE>dest</CODE> - dest file (should be the newer).
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the source is older than the dest, taking the granularity into account.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.6.3</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isUpToDate(long, long, long)"></A><H3>
isUpToDate</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean isUpToDate(long&nbsp;sourceTime,
 long&nbsp;destTime,
 long&nbsp;granularity)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compare two timestamps for being up to date using
 the specified granularity.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceTime</CODE> - timestamp of source file.<DD><CODE>destTime</CODE> - timestamp of dest file.<DD><CODE>granularity</CODE> - os/filesys granularity.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the dest file is considered up to date.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="isUpToDate(long, long)"></A><H3>
isUpToDate</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean isUpToDate(long&nbsp;sourceTime,
 long&nbsp;destTime)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the
 current granularity.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>sourceTime</CODE> - timestamp of source file.<DD><CODE>destTime</CODE> - timestamp of dest file.
<DT>Returns:<DD>true if the dest file is considered up to date.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="close(java.io.Writer)"></A><H3>
close</H3>
<PRE>
public static void close(java.io.Writer&nbsp;device)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
 Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>device</CODE> - output writer, can be null.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="close(java.io.Reader)"></A><H3>
close</H3>
<PRE>
public static void close(java.io.Reader&nbsp;device)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Close a Reader without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
 Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>device</CODE> - Reader, can be null.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="close(java.io.OutputStream)"></A><H3>
close</H3>
<PRE>
public static void close(java.io.OutputStream&nbsp;device)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
 Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>device</CODE> - stream, can be null.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="close(java.io.InputStream)"></A><H3>
close</H3>
<PRE>
public static void close(java.io.InputStream&nbsp;device)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
 Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>device</CODE> - stream, can be null.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="close(java.nio.channels.Channel)"></A><H3>
close</H3>
<PRE>
public static void close(java.nio.channels.Channel&nbsp;device)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Close a Channel without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
 Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>device</CODE> - channel, can be null.<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.8.0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="close(java.net.URLConnection)"></A><H3>
close</H3>
<PRE>
public static void close(java.net.URLConnection&nbsp;conn)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Closes an URLConnection if its concrete implementation provides
 a way to close it that Ant knows of.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>conn</CODE> - connection, can be null<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.8.0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="delete(java.io.File)"></A><H3>
delete</H3>
<PRE>
public static void delete(java.io.File&nbsp;file)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Delete the file with <CODE>File.delete()</CODE> if the argument is not null.
 Do nothing on a null argument.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>file</CODE> - file to delete.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="tryHardToDelete(java.io.File)"></A><H3>
tryHardToDelete</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean tryHardToDelete(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Accommodate Windows bug encountered in both Sun and IBM JDKs.
 Others possible. If the delete does not work, call System.gc(),
 wait a little and try again.

<DD><DL>

<DT>Returns:<DD>whether deletion was successful<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.8.0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getRelativePath(java.io.File, java.io.File)"></A><H3>
getRelativePath</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String getRelativePath(java.io.File&nbsp;fromFile,
 java.io.File&nbsp;toFile)
 throws java.lang.Exception</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Calculates the relative path between two files.
 
 Implementation note: This function may throw an IOException if an I/O error occurs
 because its use of the canonical pathname may require filesystem queries.
 

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>fromFile</CODE> - the <code>File</code> to calculate the path from<DD><CODE>toFile</CODE> - the <code>File</code> to calculate the path to
<DT>Returns:<DD>the relative path between the files
<DT>Throws:
<DD><CODE>java.lang.Exception</CODE> - for undocumented reasons<DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7</DD>
<DT>See Also:<DD><CODE>File.getCanonicalPath()</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getPathStack(java.lang.String)"></A><H3>
getPathStack</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String[] getPathStack(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Gets all names of the path as an array of <code>String</code>s.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>path</CODE> - to get names from
<DT>Returns:<DD><code>String</code>s, never <code>null</code><DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getPath(java.util.List)"></A><H3>
getPath</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String getPath(java.util.List&nbsp;pathStack)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Gets path from a <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>pathStack</CODE> - <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s to be concatenated as a path.
<DT>Returns:<DD><code>String</code>, never <code>null</code><DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getPath(java.util.List, char)"></A><H3>
getPath</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.String getPath(java.util.List&nbsp;pathStack,
 char&nbsp;separatorChar)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Gets path from a <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s.

<DD><DL>
<DT>Parameters:<DD><CODE>pathStack</CODE> - <code>List</code> of <code>String</code>s to be concated as a path.<DD><CODE>separatorChar</CODE> - <code>char</code> to be used as separator between names in path
<DT>Returns:<DD><code>String</code>, never <code>null</code><DT>Since:</DT>
 <DD>Ant 1.7</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>

<A NAME="getDefaultEncoding()"></A><H3>
getDefaultEncoding</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String getDefaultEncoding()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the default encoding.
 This is done by opening an InputStreamReader on
 a dummy InputStream and getting the encoding.
 Could use System.getProperty("file.encoding"), but cannot
 see where this is documented.

<DD><DL>

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