Copy file in Java and replace existing target

Question

I'm trying to copy a file with java.nio.file.Files like this:

Files.copy(cfgFilePath, strTarget, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING); 

The problem is that Eclipse says "The method copy(Path, Path, CopyOption...) in the type Files is not applicable for the arguments (File, String, StandardCopyOption)"

I'm using Eclipse and Java 7 on Win7 x64. My project is set up to use Java 1.6 compatibility.

Is there a solution to this or do I have to create something like this as a workaround:

File temp = new File(target);  if(temp.exists())   temp.delete(); 

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to pass Path arguments as explained by the error message:

Path from = cfgFilePath.toPath(); //convert from File to Path Path to = Paths.get(strTarget); //convert from String to Path Files.copy(from, to, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING); 

That assumes your strTarget is a valid path.