Is "C:\cai\cs151" a relative or an absolute path name?
Absolute. (It is the absolute path name of a directory).
The exists() method tests if a file exists.
Do this when a program is about to create
a file, and you don't want to destroy a previous file of the same name.
Here is a start on a program:
import java.io.*;
class CopyBytes
{
public static void main ( String[] args )
{
DataInputStream instr;
DataOutputStream outstr;
if ( args.length != 3 || !args[1].toUpperCase().equals("TO") )
{
System.out.println("java CopyBytes source to destination");
return;
}
File inFile = new File( args[0] );
File outFile = new File( _____________ );
if ( outFile._____________ )
{
System.out.println( args[2] + " already exists");
return;
}
if ( ____inFile._____________ )
{
System.out.println( args[0] + " does not exist");
return;
}
. . . .
}
}
Now the program tests that: (1) the destination file does not already exist, and that (2) the source file does exist.