hi kajalsingh, can u explain ur requirements in little more details? at first sight i would incline to answer the follwoing, 1. if u r on Unix then i would consider "ls -l" as the descriptive information for any file. - you can run Runtime.exec() and then get its Process's outputstream to read in the output line and - then parse/interpret the format you get in ls -l command and - store it in some object for future reference in the code OR just print it on the screen after proper formatting 2. on DOS/Windows i would run 'dir' in similar manner and persome similar steps.... i guess i am not clear about what exactly you mean by "human readable format" you know... regards maulin
well.. on the same lines as above.. you sure can read a *few* properties of the file using the file object. I say *few* because M$word includes things like the author, summary, keywords etc for its documents which are legally a files properties.. esp. if you look @ a file as an object in real world. A more clear question will give a clearer answer, I m afraid. Regds Lupo
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Hello, I am developing a jsp that displays the files from a particular directory location. How can I read all the properties of the file from the java code. Properties like Title, subject, comments and subject. (Right click on the file->Properties and choose the Summary tab). Thanks for you help, Kaj
