Not able to retrieve files name s from a folder

Hi,
I am trying to retrieve all the file names( including files in the sub folder) present in the given path.

It is working fine if the given path is present on my system. But if the path is a remote machine path then I am not able to retrive any files though I have got full permission on the given remote path.

I have written the method as follows. can some help me regarding this problem.

import java.io.*;
import java.lang.String;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;
import java.lang.*;

public class FilecheckTest
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
File file_mem = new File("C:\\QRPDSTestCases");// this is working

//File file_mem = new File("\\son1415\\Memory"); // this is not working

Map mapfiles = new HashMap();
showFiles(file_mem, mapfiles);

Iterator iterator_mapfiles = mapfiles.keySet().iterator();
while(iterator_mapfiles.hasNext())
{
String fpath= (String)iterator_mapfiles.next();
String fname= (String)mapfiles.get(fpath);

System.out.println(fname);
System.out.println(fpath);
}
}

//getting file name and url
public static Map showFiles(File file, Map mapfiles)
{
File[] files = file.listFiles();
if(file.isDirectory())
{
for(int i=0;i<files.length; i++)
{
showFiles(files[i], mapfiles);
}
}
else
{
String path = file.getPath();
String name = file.getName();
mapfiles.put(path,name);
}
return mapfiles;
}
}

Thanks
Vishnu

Vishnu Murthy, it is not working at my end too.

But I just mapped the remote location with the drive name and it worked.

This can be a work around, if it solves you problem.

Have you tried two escaped backslashes? eg "\\\\machinename"

Originally posted by David O'Meara:
Have you tried two escaped backslashes? eg "\\\\machinename"

David, It' working my end.

Thx

David, It' working my end also

Thanks
Vishnu

Could i add a question to the above subject?
What if i don't have full permission on the given remote path? What change must be done?
Thanks

I believe you don’t required “full permission” to read any file remotely using java. You just need “read permission”.

Hi,

Try to use / instead of \\

Thanks

I didn't explain my question well. I mean that a password is required from the system (Windows) to let me access the files in the remote system. Thanks

Hi,

You could use a jakarta API for access to remote windows system.

Thanks