list all files from directories and subdirectories in Java
What would be the fastest way to list the names of files from 1000+ directories and sub-directories?
EDIT; The current code I use is:
import java.io.File;
public class DirectoryReader {
static int spc_count=-1;
static void Process(File aFile) {
spc_count++;
String spcs = "";
for (int i = 0; i < spc_count; i++)
spcs += " ";
if(aFile.isFile())
System.out.println(spcs + "[FILE] " + aFile.getName());
else if (aFile.isDirectory()) {
System.out.println(spcs + "[DIR] " + aFile.getName());
File[] listOfFiles = aFile.listFiles();
if(listOfFiles!=null) {
for (int i = 0; i < listOfFiles.length; i++)
Process(listOfFiles[i]);
} else {
System.out.println(spcs + " [ACCESS DENIED]");
}
}
spc_count--;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String nam = "D:/";
File aFile = new File(nam);
Process(aFile);
}
}
Solution 1:
As this answer shows up on top of google, i'm adding a java 7 nio solution for listing all files and directories, it is takes about 80% less time on my system.
try {
Path startPath = Paths.get("c:/");
Files.walkFileTree(startPath, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
@Override
public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir,
BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
System.out.println("Dir: " + dir.toString());
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
@Override
public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
System.out.println("File: " + file.toString());
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
@Override
public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException e) {
return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
}
});
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Solution 2:
This looks fine (Recursively going through the directory) The bottleneck will be all the file i/o you need to do, optimizing your Java will not show any real improvements.