topic How to create a copy of a file ? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-copy-of-a-file/m-p/32222#M16712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Sorry if I made a mistake about the forum where I post my problem, and sorry for my poor english <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" />. <img id="smileysurprised" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysurprised" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.png" alt="Smiley Surprised" title="Smiley Surprised" />ops: </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I want to get some informations about a file or folder, but I don't know how to do.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>For my example, I have a file plop.txt in the folder /app:company_home</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My function:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>public static Reference copyFile(String file1Path, String file2Name, String file2Folder) throws Exception{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Get the content service<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ContentServiceSoapBindingStub contentService = WebServiceFactory.getContentService();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference file1Ref = new Reference(STORE, null, file1Path);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Content[] readResult = contentService.read(<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; new Predicate(new Reference[]{file1Ref}, STORE, null), <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Constants.PROP_CONTENT);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Content content = readResult[0];<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;//Create new content in the repository<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;createNewContent(file2Name, ContentUtils.getContentAsString(content),file2Folder);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return content.getNode();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I call my function with this:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>copyFile("/app:company_home/plop.txt", "file copy.txt", "/app:company_home");<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>with the address of the file in first, the name of the new file in second and to finish the path where to create the copy.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So, I would like to search the file "plop.txt" to read it and copy its content into a new file.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>But I have a problem with the file1Ref Reference. I would like that it takes informations of the file to open it, but it does not do anything… </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for helping me&nbsp; <img id="smileysurprised" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysurprised" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.png" alt="Smiley Surprised" title="Smiley Surprised" />ops: .</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:04:00 GMT darkhope 2006-04-18T14:04:00Z How to create a copy of a file ? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-copy-of-a-file/m-p/32222#M16712 Hi,Sorry if I made a mistake about the forum where I post my problem, and sorry for my poor english <IMG id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" />. <IMG id="smileysurprised" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysurprised" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.png" alt="Smiley Surprised" title="Smiley Surprised" />ops: I want to get some informations about a file or folder, but I don't know how to do.For my example, I have a file plop.txt in the folder /app:company_homeMy function<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />ublic static Reference Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:04:00 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-copy-of-a-file/m-p/32222#M16712 darkhope 2006-04-18T14:04:00Z Re: How to create a copy of a file ? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-copy-of-a-file/m-p/32223#M16713 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It is possible to copy files on the server using the update method on the repository service and creating a CML statement containing a copy operation.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hope this helps,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Roy</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 May 2006 10:50:10 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-create-a-copy-of-a-file/m-p/32223#M16713 rwetherall 2006-05-02T10:50:10Z