Java I/O Examples : How To Move A File To Another Directory

Intro

This examples will demonstrates how to move a file from one directory to another directory. It's very tricky, we will use File.renameTo() method to move it.

Examples

package com.freesamplecode.java.io;

import java.io.File;

public class MoveFileDemo {
 public static void main(String[] args){
  
  String fileName = "test.txt";
  
  //source directory
  File sourceDir = new File("D:/temp/sourcedir/"+fileName);
  
  //destination directory
  File destDir = new File("D:/temp/destdir/"+fileName);
  
  if(sourceDir.renameTo(destDir)){
   System.out.println("Move File operation is successfully...");
  }else{
   System.out.println("Failed to execute move file operation, please try again...");
  }
 }
}

Output

Move File operation is successfully...

Screenshot

before move file

after move file

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