Will this work on Unix?

Question

This Java code lists files in a directory on a Windows shared drive. Will it work correctly on a Unix system?

File directory = new File("\\\\server/Shared/stuff/mystuff");
for (File file: directory.listFiles()) {
    System.out.println(file);
}

Answer 1

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Do you have samba installed? Even then you need to mount the the share. So it probably won't work.

EDIT

Java delegates the call to the underlying OS eventually. Since Unix doesn't know what the \\SERVERNAME path means, Java doesn't know what it means either. What you have to do, to get this to work is mount the drive explicitly using Samba. Your other option, if you are running Ubuntu, is look under .gvfs in your home directory. Ubuntu creates a mount there for your Samba shares, which you should be able to access using Java. If you don't want to rely on external tools, try JCIFS for a pure-Java solution.

Answer 2

No... Just let the user select the right path and use an OS dependent file-selection dialog.