java - copy files preserving time/date information

have you got any code so far?
This is normally handled as CopyOptions in java

gurpsbassi -- I think your right. I'll be able to test in a couple hours. I THINK the CopyOption for copying attributes was added in Java 7 (I was using Java 6). After I upgraded, the copy attributes was available. I let you know and assign points after I test...   Mark

I got the following runtime error:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: COPY_ATTRIBUTES not supported

I'm on a linux sytem.

Mark,

I think we've been here before. If the source is not a regular file (e.g. you're reading from an archive) then attributes can't be preserved

I really wish a workaround could be found. Even if third party software must be used.  Mark

Don't you remember we discussed this earlier. Got to go out but back later

CEHJ -- I think it said it wasn't supported. These date/time attributes are very important to me, because I need to know when these files arrive on the system. So, I'm trying to use ProcessBuilder to get the linux os to do it. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work. Can you tell what I'm doing wrong?

                  try {
                  String[] command = {"/usr/bin/gunzip", "*.gz"};
              ProcessBuilder probuilder = new ProcessBuilder( command );

              //work directory
              probuilder.directory(new File("/home/public/getweb/Q2/ldm_q2rad_hsr"));
              
              Process process = probuilder.start();
              
              //Read out dir output
              InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
              InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
              BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
              String line;
              System.out.printf("Output of running %s is:\n",
                      Arrays.toString(command));
              while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                  System.out.println(line);
              }
              
              //Wait to get exit value
              try {
                  int exitValue = process.waitFor();
                  System.out.println("\n\nExit Value is " + exitValue);
              } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
                  } catch (IOException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                  }

My output:
Output of running [/usr/bin/gunzip, *.gz] is:


Exit Value is 1

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