Creating Problems by dragging folder?

I have all of my library on an external HDD "R",
All of my music has been setup so far on this drive using my laptop.
This setup has been used for work and weekends at home using AE and my home theater and PC desktop speakers. All has worked OK
I am now home for the summer and would like my latpop to be a bit more portable and not have the external USB drive hooked up to it.
If I open ITunes on my desktop and drag the ITunes folder from "R" to the blank library window in ITunes, this will load all of the music to the desktop(I don't care about moving playlists etc. just the music.
I can then "share the music with the laptop.
Am I creating some unforseen problems down the road?
If I add more music during the summer, I will move the USB drive to the laptop and not add from the desktop.
I understand that I will have to update the library on the desktop if I am going to share the new music.
Thanks for any input.
Bob

bluesweats:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Yes you can do that. Just drag the folder into the left hand Source pane in the iPhoto window just above the bottom of the window (not on any other icon in the pane). That will create an album and roll each with the same name as the folder that was dragged.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
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Iam getting an exception when i try to create a folder owned (or shall i say) created by another user.Let me explain what iam doing :
1. I have created a folder "INPRISE" under "/home".I have
created an ACL "MyAcl" having group INPRISEGROUP
as the ACE having all permissions.I have set the ACL "MyAcl" on the folder "INPRISE".
2. I have created two users i1 and i2
and placed them in the group INPRISEGROUP .Both these users have a link under thei home folder to "INPRISE" folder(achieved by using and addItem()).
3. I could successfully login as i1 and create a folder "WebApps" under "INPRISE" and upload a document "A.txt" under "WebApps".
4.But when i log in as "i2" and try to create a document "B.txt" under "WebApps" which was created by user "i1" i get the following exception :
javawebserver: Got the user
javawebserver: got the primary user profile
javawebserver: THE HOME FOLDER IS --> i1
javawebserver: The home folder name is --> i1
javawebserver: home folder
javawebserver: Got the user
javawebserver: got the primary user profile
javawebserver: THE HOME FOLDER IS --> i1
javawebserver: The home folder name is --> i1
javawebserver: home folder
javawebserver: Got the user
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javawebserver: The home folder name is --> i1
javawebserver: home folder
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javawebserver: Created document..
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javawebserver: home folder
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javawebserver: home folder
javawebserver: Got the user
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javawebserver: The home folder name is --> i2
javawebserver: home folder
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javawebserver: oracle.ifs.common.IfsException: IFS-30002: Unable to create new
LibraryObject
javawebserver: oracle.ifs.common.IfsException: IFS-30048: Insufficient access t
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javawebserver: oracle.ifs.common.IfsException: IFS-30030: Permission not grante
d on specified ACL
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javawebserver: at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at org.omg.CORBA.UserException.<init>(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.common.IfsException.<init>(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.common.IfsException.<init>(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.common.IfsException.<init>(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_AccessControlList.verifyStandardPermissi
onEnabled(S_AccessControlList.java:602)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_PublicObject.verifyPublicObjectPermissio
n(S_PublicObject.java:2169)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_Folder.verifyCanAddItem(S_Folder.java:10
05)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_Folder.addReference(S_Folder.java:719)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_Folder.addReference(S_Folder.java:697)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_PublicObject.postCreateAddToFolder(S_Pub
licObject.java:2753)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_PublicObject.extendedPostInsert(S_Public
Object.java:995)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_LibraryObject.postInsert(S_LibraryObject
.java:1341)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.OperationState.executeAtomicOperations(Com
piled Code)
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ject.java:2348)
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ySession.java:6596)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_LibrarySession.newPublicObject(S_Library
Session.java:6637)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_LibrarySession.newPublicObject(S_Library
Session.java:6619)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.server.S_LibrarySession.DMNewPublicObject(S_Libra
rySession.java:6407)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.beans.LibrarySession.DMNewPublicObject(LibrarySes
sion.java:6913)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.beans.LibrarySession.NewPublicObject(LibrarySessi
on.java:4564)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.beans.LibrarySession.createPublicObject(LibrarySe
ssion.java:2562)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.utils.common.PublicObjectUtilities.createDocument
(PublicObjectUtilities.java:537)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.utils.common.PublicObjectUtilities.putAsDocumentW
ithVersioning(PublicObjectUtilities.java:163)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.adk.filesystem.IfsFileSystem.createDocument(IfsFi
leSystem.java:922)
javawebserver: at dp.DPDocManager.uploadDocument(DPDocManager.java:374)
javawebserver: at ifs.jsp_sbin._dp._dpDoc._jspService(_dpDoc.java:115)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.protocols.http.jsp.pagecompile.jsp.runtime.HttpJs
pBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:94)
javawebserver: at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.protocols.http.jsp.IfsJspServlet.runServlet(IfsJs
pServlet.java:865)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.protocols.http.jsp.IfsJspServlet.processJspPage(C
ompiled Code)
javawebserver: at oracle.ifs.protocols.http.jsp.IfsJspServlet.service(IfsJspSe
rvlet.java:240)
javawebserver: at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.ServletState.callService(ServletState.java:22
6)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.ServletManager.callServletService(ServletMana
ger.java:936)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.ProcessingState.invokeTargetServlet(Processin
gState.java:423)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.http.HttpProcessingState.execute(HttpProcessi
ngState.java:79)
javawebserver: THE ERROR MESSAGE IS IFS-30002: Unable to create new LibraryObje
ct
javawebserver: Setting permissions for the document....
javawebserver: setting the access level
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.http.stages.Runner.process(Runner.java:79)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.ProcessingSupport.process(Compiled Code)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.Service.process(Service.java:204)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.http.HttpServiceHandler.handleRequest(HttpSer
viceHandler.java:374)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.http.HttpServiceHandler.handleRequest(Compile
d Code)
javawebserver: at com.sun.server.HandlerThread.run(Compiled Code)
javawebserver:
javawebserver:
javawebserver: Error during JSP page processing: /ifs/jsp-bin/dp/dpDoc.jsp
javawebserver: java.lang.NullPointerException
The Code is :
package dp;
import oracle.ifs.beans.*;
import oracle.ifs.common.*;
import oracle.ifs.beans.parsers.*;
import oracle.ifs.adk.security.*;
import oracle.ifs.adk.filesystem.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Locale;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
* The document manager bean for the Deal Planner app.
* <p>
* This class provides a login session/creates a new account in the IFS. The class
* implements the <code>IfsHttpLogin</code> interface so it can share login data with other
* beans.
* @author Srinivas Sampige
* @version 1.0
* @see IfsHttpLogin
public class DPDocManager implements IfsHttpLogin
private String userName = "";
private LibrarySession ifsSession = null;
private FolderPathResolver fPathResolver = null;
private IfsFileSystem ifsFileSystem; // File System object
public DPDocManager()
{//does nothing
*Creates a new account in the IFS for
*a new deal when the deal code is passed in.
*@ param dealCode The deal code of the deal for which an account has to be created
*@ param password A system generate d password for the account being created.
*@ return String Will return "SUCCESS" on creating the account or the reason if an
* error occurrs.
public String createDealFolder(String dealCode)
String result = "SUCCESS";
try
ifsSession = getIfsConnection("system","manager","ServerManager","i5ifs");
ifsSession.setAdministrationMode(true);
//create a new folder for this deal
Folder dealFolder = createFolder("/home",dealCode);
//create a group for this deal;place the group as
//an access control entry in an access control list.
//Set the access control list to the folder.
AccessControlList acl = createDealGroup(dealCode);
dealFolder.setAcl(acl);
ifsSession.setAdministrationMode(false);
}catch(IfsException ie)
int code = ie.getErrorCode();
System.out.println("THE ERROR CODE WHILE CREATING DEAL FOLDER IS -- "+code);
ie.printStackTrace();
result = ie.getMessage();
return result;
}//createDealFolder
public String createUser(String userId,String password,String dealCode)
String result = "SUCCESS";
System.out.println("Creating user and adding to a group "+userId);
try
this.ifsSession = getIfsConnection("system","manager","ServerManager","i5ifs");
ifsSession.setAdministrationMode(true);
System.out.println("Logged in successully");
//form the XML necessary for creating the simple user;
//the new user in the IFS will be the Deal.User id will be the deal code;
//password is fetched from the DEALS table.
String simpleUserString = "<?xml version = '1.0' standalone = 'yes'?>\n"
+ "<SimpleUser>\n"
+ " <UserName>"+userId+"</UserName>\n"
+ " <Password>"+userId+"</Password>\n"
+ " <HomeFolderRoot>/home</HomeFolderRoot>\n"
+ "</SimpleUser>\n";
System.out.println("Parsing "+simpleUserString);
//invoke the XML parser for creating the new user
StringReader userDefinition = new StringReader(simpleUserString);
SimpleXmlParser xmlParser = new SimpleXmlParser(ifsSession);
xmlParser.parse(userDefinition,null,null);
//a valid user for a deal must belong to the deals group;add the user
//to the appropriate group for the deal
String userToGroupString = "<?xml version = '1.0' standalone = 'yes'?>\n"
+ "<DirectoryGroup>\n"
+ " <Update reftype='Name'>" + dealCode+"Group" + "</Update>\n"
+ " <Members>"
+ " <Member reftype='Name'>" + userId + "</Member>"
+ " </Members>"
+ "</DirectoryGroup>\n";
//invoke the XML parser for adding the new user to the group
StringReader groupUpdate = new StringReader(userToGroupString);
xmlParser = new SimpleXmlParser(ifsSession);
LibraryObject lo = xmlParser.parse(groupUpdate,null,null);
System.out.println ("The LO returned by parse is " + lo);
//link this user's home folder to the deal folder
Collection c = ifsSession.getDirectoryUserCollection();
DirectoryUser du = (DirectoryUser) c.getItems(userId);
System.out.println("The DirectoryUser created is " + du.getDistinguishedName());
//Folder homeFolder = (Folder) getIfsFileSystem().findPublicObjectByPath("/home/"+dealCode);
Folder homeFolder = du.getPrimaryUserProfile().getHomeFolder();
System.out.println("Home folder is"+homeFolder);
homeFolder.addItem((Folder)getIfsFileSystem().findPublicObjectByPath("/home/"+dealCode));
System.out.println("Created a link to the deal folder... ");
ifsSession.setAdministrationMode(false);
}catch(IfsException ie)
IfsException.setVerboseMessage(true);
ie.printStackTrace();
return result;
}//public
/* public String addUserToGroup(String groupName)
try
InternetFileSystem ifs = getFileSystem();
ifs.findPublicObjectByPath(goupName);
}catch(IfsException ie)
ie.setVerboseMessage(true);
System.out.println("Problem while adding user to the group "+ie.getMessage());
ie.printStackTrace();
}//addUserToGroup
*This method creates a group that for a particular deal.
*All members having access to this deal must belong to thi s
* group.
public AccessControlList createDealGroup(String dealCode)
AccessControlList acl = null;
try
DirectoryGroupDefinition def = new DirectoryGroupDefinition(ifsSession);
def.setAttribute("NAME",AttributeValue.newAttributeValue(dealCode+"Group"));
DirectoryGroup dealGroup = (DirectoryGroup)ifsSession.createPublicObject(def);
AccessControlListDefinition aclDef = new AccessControlListDefinition(ifsSession);
AccessControlEntryDefinition aceDef = new AccessControlEntryDefinition(ifsSession);
AccessLevel aLevel = new AccessLevel();
aLevel.enableAllStandardPermissions();
aLevel.disableStandardPermission(AccessLevel.ACCESSLEVEL_ADDITEM);
aLevel.disableStandardPermission(AccessLevel.ACCESSLEVEL_CREATE);
aLevel.disableStandardPermission(AccessLevel.ACCESSLEVEL_ALL);
aceDef.setGrantee(dealGroup);
aceDef.setDistinctAccessLevel(aLevel);
aclDef.addAceDefinition(aceDef);
acl = (AccessControlList) ifsSession.createPublicObject(aclDef);
acl.setName(dealCode+"ACL");
}catch(IfsException ie)
System.out.println("error while creating group for deal");
IfsException.setVerboseMessage(true);
ie.printStackTrace();
return acl;
}//createUser
*makes a connection the the IFS and returns the LibrarySession object.
*@param userName user name for a valid IFS account.
*@param password password for a valid IFS account.
*@param serviceName the IFS service name.
*@param schemaPassword the IFS schema password.
private LibrarySession getIfsConnection(String username, String password, String serviceName,
String schemaPassword) throws IfsException
LibraryService service = new LibraryService();
CleartextCredential me = new CleartextCredential(username, password);
ConnectOptions connection = new ConnectOptions();
connection.setLocale(Locale.getDefault());
connection.setServiceName(serviceName);
connection.setServicePassword(schemaPassword);
ifsSession = service.connect(me, connection);
fPathResolver = new FolderPathResolver(ifsSession);
ifsFileSystem = new IfsFileSystem(ifsSession);
return ifsSession;
}//getIfsConnection()
public String loginToIfs(String userName,String password,String serviceName,String schemaPassword)
String result = "SUCCESS";
try
getIfsConnection(userName,password,serviceName,schemaPassword);
this.userName = userName;
//getResolver().setHomeFolder("/home/"+userName);
}catch(IfsException ie)
int code = ie.getErrorCode();
System.out.println("ERROR CODE "+code);
result = "FAILED -- "+code+" -- "+ie.getMessage();
System.out.println("Failed to login "+ie.getMessage());
ie.printStackTrace();
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return ifsSession;
}//getSession()
public FolderPathResolver getResolver()
return fPathResolver;
public IfsFileSystem getIfsFileSystem()
return ifsFileSystem;
public Folder getHomeFolder()
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try
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System.out.println("THE HOME FOLDER IS --> "+homeFolder);
System.out.println("The home folder name is --> "+homeFolder.getName());
}catch(IfsException ie)
ie.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("home folder");
return homeFolder;
}//getHomeFolderPath()
* Called when this object is bound to the HTTP session object.
* @param event The event when the object is bound to the Http session.
public void valueBound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event)
// do nothing
* Called when this object is unbound from the HTTP session object.
* @param event The event when the object is unbound to the Http session.
public void valueUnbound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event)
//release the reources like the ifsSession etc.
fPathResolver = null;
try
if (ifsSession != null)
ifsSession.di sconnect();
}catch (IfsException e)
e.printStackTrace();
finally
ifsSession = null; // release the resources
}//valueUnbound()
public Folder createFolder(Folder destinationFolder,String theNewFolderPath)
Folder createdFolder = null;
try
System.out.println("<*---*> IN THE FOLDER "+destinationFolder);
IfsFileSystem ifs = getIfsFileSystem();
System.out.println("Creating the folder..");
createdFolder = ifs.createFolder(theNewFolderPath,destinationFolder,true,null);
System.out.println("Created the folder..");
}catch(IfsException ie)
System.out.println("ERROR CREATING A FOLDER IN THE DESTINATION FOLDER");
IfsException.setVerboseMessage(true);
ie.printStackTrace();
return createdFolder;
}//createFolder(String inTheFolder,theNewFolder)
public Folder createFolder(String inTheFolder,String theNewFolderPath)
Folder createdFolder = null;
try
System.out.println("<*---*> IN THE FOLDER "+inTheFolder);
IfsFileSystem ifs = getIfsFileSystem();
System.out.println("Creating ANOTHER folder for test");
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System.out.println("The destination folder is "+destinationFolder);
/* Folder destinationFolderMyTest = (Folder) ifs.findPublicObjectByPath("/home/c6/COREL/MY-TEST/");
System.out.println("The destination folder my test is "+destinationFolderMyTest);*/
createdFolder = ifs.createFolder(theNewFolderPath,destinationFolder,true,null);
/* System.out.println("Created folder in destination folder ");
createdFolder = ifs.createFolder(theNewFolderPath,(Folder) ifs.findPublicObjectByPath(inTheFolder),true,null);
System.out.println("Created folder in MY-TEST ");*/
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System.out.println("ERROR CREATING A FOLDER IN THE DESTINATION FOLDER");
IfsException.setVerboseMessage(true);
ie.printStackTrace();
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*Method creates a folder in the path specified(the path includes the name of the folder
*to be created).If a parent of any of the folders in the path
*is not found then that folder is automatically created.
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System.out.println("*-*-*-*-* Creating folder *-*-*-*-*");
String result = "SUCCESS";
try
//ifsSession.setAdministrationMode(true);
IfsFileSystem ifs = new IfsFileSystem(ifsSession);
Folder folder = (Folder) ifs.findPublicObjectByPath("home/"+userName);
ifs.createFolder(folderPath,(Folder) folder,true,null);
}catch(IfsException ie)
result = ie.getMessage();
ie.printStackTrace();
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Document document = null;
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IfsFileSystem ifs = new IfsFileSystem(ifsSession);
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System.out.println("**********Creating document in "+destinationPath);
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System.out.println("Created document..");
}catch(IfsException e)
System.out.println("Error while creating document.....");
IfsException.setVerboseMessage(true);
e.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("THE ERROR MESSAGE IS "+e.getMessage());
catch(Exception e)
System.out.println("File not found/io exception ");
e.printStackTrace();
return document;
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* Adds an access control entry to the public object passed in.
*@param PublicObject the publicObject for which permissions have to be set.
public void setAccessControlOnObject(PublicObject publicObject)
try
System.out.println("Setting permissions for the document....");
AccessControlListDefinition aclDef = new AccessControlListDefinition();
aclDef.setName(publicObject+"ACL");
AccessControlEntryDefinition aceDef = new AccessControlEntryDefinition();
//this sets the acceess control entry's granntee as the "user" who ha s loggen on
aceDef.setGrantee(ifsSession.getDirectoryUser());
aceDef.enableGrantToWorld(false);
String[] permissions = {"ACCESSLEVEL_NONE"};
System.out.println("setting the access level");
AccessLevel accessLevel = new AccessLevel(permissions);
/*PermissionBundleDefinition pbDef = new PermissionBundleDefinition(ifsSession);
PermissionBundle pb = (PermissionBundle) ifsSession.createSystemObject(pbDef);
pbDef.setAccessLevel(accessLevel);
pbDef.setAccessLevel(accessLevel);
aceDef.addPermissionBundle(pb);*/
aceDef.setDistinctAccessLevel(accessLevel);
aclDef.addAceDefinition(aceDef);
AccessControlList acl = (AccessControlList) ifsSession.createPublicObject(aclDef);
publicObject.setAcl(acl);
}catch(IfsException ie)
System.out.println("The error while settin access control is -0> "+ie.getMessage());
ie.setVerboseMessage(true);
ie.printStackTrace();
}//createAccessControlList
}//class DPDocManager
Note : since iam still experimenting with the code please ignore any irrelevant/wrong commenting.Iam using method "CreateDealFolder()" to create the folder "INPRISE" and "CreateUser()" to create users "i1","i2"

Iam not able to set the main folder's (i.e INPRISE) acl (MyAcl) on the subfolder "MyFolder" because the owner of MyAcl is "system" whereas the owner of MyFolder is user "i1" .Which is the best way of solving these ownership issue which iam running into ? I want to be able to create different folders ,assign a group of uers to each of the folders who can create as well as modify,delete each other's folders/documents (as i have mentioned in my first post in this thread) ?
thanks
Srinivas

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Problem in delete folder

Please don't refer me to the innumeras delete folder solutions available in the SDN. None of them has come to my help.
I need to delete a folder. Well, codes are available everywhere, I run it, it successfully deletes the folder specified.
But the requirement is, I need to make a zip of the folder, then I'll delete the original folder. I am pasting the code here. The zip part is working, the delete part is not! if you comment the line calling zip, it deletes the folder, but after zipping, it cannot delete.
Is there some lock present? How to check and remove that? Please help.
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package com.ibm.eis.printapi;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
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class PrintUtils {
     static String folderName = "EISMENU_bak";
     static String path = "c:\\samik";
     static String outFilename = "outfile.zip";
     public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
          File inFileName = new File(path + "\\" + folderName);
          //make the zip file
          makeZip(inFileName, path, outFilename);
          //Now, delete the directory
          File inFileName2 = new File(path + "\\" + folderName);
          inFileName2.renameTo(new File(path + "\\" + "aaa"));
          deleteDir(inFileName2);
     public static void makeZip(File inFile, String path, String outFile) throws IOException {
          File[] filenames = inFile.listFiles();
          byte b[] = new byte[512];
          ZipOutputStream out = null;
          try {
               out = new ZipOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(path + "\\" + outFilename));
               for (int i = 0; i < filenames.length; i++) {
                    if (filenames.isFile()) {
                         InputStream in = new FileInputStream(filenames[i]);
                         ZipEntry e = new ZipEntry(filenames[i].toString().replace(File.separatorChar, '/'));
                         out.putNextEntry(e);
                         int len = 0;
                         while ((len = in.read(b)) != -1) {
                              out.write(b, 0, len);
                         print(e);
          } catch (IOException ioe) {
                    ioe.printStackTrace();
          } finally {
               out.close();
               out = null;
               filenames = null;
               b = null;
     public static void print(ZipEntry e) {
          PrintStream sop = System.out;
          sop.print("added " + e.getName());
          if (e.getMethod() == ZipEntry.DEFLATED) {
               long size = e.getSize();
               if (size > 0) {
                    long csize = e.getCompressedSize();
                    long ratio = ((size - csize) * 100) / size;
                    sop.println(" (deflated " + ratio + "%)");
               } else {
                    sop.println(" (deflated 0%)");
          } else {
               sop.println(" (stored 0%)");
     public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {
          boolean deleted = false;
          try {
               if (dir.isDirectory()) {
                    String[] children = dir.list();
                    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                         boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
                         if (!success) {
                              deleted = false;
                         } else {
                              deleted=true;
               // The directory is now empty so delete it
               //System.out.println(dir.canRead())
               deleted = dir.delete();
          } catch (Exception e) {
               System.out.println("error: " + e);
          return deleted;

Thanks it worked.
The problem was, the folder I was trying to delete had .classpath, .project, .websettings files. It was encountering problem to delete these files because it internally also uses files of same name.
May be that was the reason.
I tried with any other folder, it worked.

Creating a password protected folder

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me with a little problem I can't seem to resolve, here goes................
I Have a Macbook for home use and a PC that I have to use at work. I have recently purchased a 128 MB keyfob USB drive for using to transfer files I make at home to my workplace PC. The device came with no driver CD as it stated on the box that it was plug&play for both PC & Mac. No security software was supplied with the device nor is there any security download available from the manufacturers website that is OS X compatible ( only XP compatible ).
Although I have XP running on my Mac via Bootcamp I haven't set it up to transfer files between the OS X & XP partitions.
Now I'm known for being a bit clumsy and have lost the odd set of keys or wallet in my time, so I'd like to make a secure password protected folder that I can copy onto the USB drive to dump files into so in the likely event of me losing the keyfob at least I'll know that sensitive files would have some level of protection.
I created a secure "locked" folder in my keychain protected home folder but when I dumped that folder onto the USB drive it appeared as unlocked and when I then subsequently connected the drive to my neighbours PC the folder in question was openly readable.
Does anyone out there in MacLand know of a fix-around for this little problem that doesn't involve to much £,$,yen,etc.....
Thanks for your time and hope you can help
Cheers
Smarteee

Smartee
The difficulty here is that the folder has to cross Platforms. It can easily be secured on the Mac and I'm sure on XP. However both...
My best suggestion is to google something like 'lock folder cross platform' It throws up several suggestions.
Regards
TD

Problem with public folder initialization on exchange load generator 2010

hi,
we need to make some stress charge for a migration between 2010 and 2013. Before that we need to populate our exchange 2010 lab with full mailbox and public folders. So we tried Exchange load generator 2010 for this task ( initialization only).
Loadgen did well for the mailbox but we have some problems with the public folders. we have an empty public folder database and the user we run loadgen with has organization admin and public folder management right. the problem is that when we run this command
(for initializing public folder only, mailbox's done) :
loadgencmd.exe /p /c config.xml /add trace.log
IT create only one public folder with the user we run loadgen with, and 5-8 objects inside. We need that It create a public folder for each users it created before. Maybe we do not understand loadgen
correctly...

I found my solution :
customize the <PublicStoreProfile> section in the configuration file as follows:
<PublicStoreProfile>
    <MessageFiles />
    <TopLevelFolderCount>1</TopLevelFolderCount>
    <NonTopLevelFolderCount>1</NonTopLevelFolderCount>
    <MinimumFolderDepth>1</MinimumFolderDepth>
    <AverageFolderDepth>2</AverageFolderDepth>
    <MaximumFolderDepth>3</MaximumFolderDepth>
    <MinimumMessageCount>5</MinimumMessageCount>
    <AverageMessageCount>10</AverageMessageCount>
    <MaximumMessageCount>15</MaximumMessageCount>
    <UseOrdinalFolderName>false</UseOrdinalFolderName>
</PublicStoreProfile>
Simply put differents values for each variables.

Creating playlists by dragging folders: possible?

Hi
I'm new to itunes, iphone, mac, etc etc... I'm very very sorry if this has been brought up, but I can't find any threats answering this question. Maybe I'm not searching correctly. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it.
I have been I avoiding iTunes because I can't figure out a way to just drag folders of music to create/upload music to my iPhone (or iPod) automatically. This was so easy with winamp, but does not seem to be possible in iTunes (ok, i can manually create playlists, then drag songs in them, but that is a lot of hassle). This is important to me because I like to listen to whole albums from the beginning to the end (am I oldfashioned?), and not search by artist (does not work for compilations by many artists) or albums (I remember albums by artist names). It is mystery to me why iTunes does not support drag/drop to create playlists by folder name (I have all my music organized by artist - album - year).
Am I missing something? Does iTunes actually support this? Are there any 3rd party apps? Please help.
Thank you

kk2558 wrote:
I could just drag a whole folder, and it automatically created a playlist with the same title as the folder name (i.e. artist - album). Is this possible in iTunes?
As Chris said above, yes. In fact, I don't think you even need to make an empty playlist. If I recall correctly, you just drag the folder to the playlist area in iTunes. I believe it uses the folder name for the playlist name but, if it doesn't that's easily changed.

Error Code 0x80070005 "Windows was unable to create a required installation folder" when trying to upgrade XP to Windows

While trying to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 in Boot Camp after (performing a satisfactory compatibility check) the process aborted with error message "Windows was unable to create a required installation folder." Do I need to have a full version Windows 7 disk instead of the Upgrade version? Any other ideas??

Your suggestion to do Bing/Google search helped. It turns out there was interference from Boot Camp Services. I found two work-arounds that others had used that were stated to have worked. One was to temporarily delete Boot Camp Services and then reinstall it after the XP to 7 update, the other was to create a DVD of the downloaded installer files created by the updater and use the startup application from that DVD.
I had previously tried to update XP in a Parallel Virtual Machine but but XP didn't recognise the Updater disk as a DVD. That led me to try updating in BootCamp. I decided to try using Parallels again and was able to fix the device problem and update t&. I am going to keep Windows XP in the BootCamp partition as an alternate "machine". When I update to Lion I'll keep that partitition since BootCamp 4 that comes with Lion does not support XP.

Create a New Bookmark Folder and it Crashes Safari AND OSX !

This has happened to me many time and is extremely frustrating. When I create a new bookmark folder I will get a pinwheel and then all my applications applications lock up and I have to reboot the computer to regain control. I can move the mouse around, but even force quitting safari does not fix unlock the OS, even as extremely difficult it is to make it do that.
This used to happen to me on my old 2007 macbook and I was frustrated with it and its slow speed so I upgraded to a new $2000 iMac i5 and have only had it for a few weeks and it is happening on this new computer as well !!
The Safari version is 5.0.2 (6533.18.5)
What is going on here? This is not acceptable!

HI,
If Safari is crashing, post a crash report so we can try and help.
If Safari has just crashed, press the Report button on the CrashReporter dialog box to view the crash information.
Now copy/paste the entire contents of the Crash Reporter window into your reply here. If the crash report dialog does not appear or the crash is hard to reproduce, crash logs can be retrieved from the ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter> folder.
This used to happen to me on my old 2007 macbook and I was frustrated with it and its slow speed so I upgraded to a new $2000 iMac i5 and have only had it for a few weeks and it is happening on this new computer as well !!
If you migrated files from the MacBook to the iMac, that could be part of the problem.
have only had it for a few weeks and it is happening on this new computer as well !!
Third party unsupported Safari add-ons can cause performance issues with Safari. If you had any installed on the MacBook and copied files over, you may have brought the same problem over to the iMac. Post a crash report ...
Carolyn

How to stop music folder from being created when changing media folder

When I try to change the media folder location, a new "music" folder is created - how do I stop this from happening (I already have a music folder that I want it to default to, but when I try to select it, it creates another music sub folder)
This is a new issue - I have been using itunes for years without ever having this problem...

That's how itunes 9 works, now. The top-level folder is considered the "Media" folder and there are music, podcast, movie, audiobook, etc subfolders.
Which is better in a way, since before itunes 9, everything was dumped in a music folder, even audiobooks that weren't music.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847

System Image Utility "Create" problem

We have a new Xserve that we're finally going to be available to use for Open Directory/Net Boot/Net Install/etc in our coporate network. So, this is all new to me but I'm trying to make a Net Install image to export to the server.
My G5 workstation (Mac OS X 10.4.6, but the imaged drive has 10.4.5) has two hard drives, one of which has our corporate image of software installed on it, "clean". The other hard drive is my own with lots of extra software and customization. I'm trying to use the System Image Utility (v. 10.4.4 (251)) to create an image. I am an administrator user on my computer. After configuring all the appropriate settings, I push the "Create" button and it appears to start working, prompts me for a location to save the actual image itself, creates a folder with the default name and then nothing happens. The spinning gear would seem to indicate that the System Image Utility is doing something, but the "Create" button continues to throb blue. I can click "Create" again and another folder is created when I'm promted to save the image and it continues to remain empty. All I can do is click "Cancel" and start over.
I was quite frustrated until I logged into my computer as the local administrator user (this user is employed when we're configuring a workstation for the first time to give it the correct file sharing name and bind it to the Active Directory). Creating an image works just find while I'm logged in as the local administrator. (At least as far as creating/exporting the image, getting Net Boot to turn on the Xserve is proving a challenge.)
So, is there something preventing network administrator users from creating images? I'd really rather have my own e-mail open and running as well as my own bookmarks while I'm working on a project like this, but it doesn't seem possible. Any tips would be appreciated.
-Doug

After configuring all the appropriate settings, I
push the "Create" button and it appears to start
working, prompts me for a location to save the actual
image itself, creates a folder with the default name
and then nothing happens.
ok here's the deal: i created a folder in my OSX server home directory labelled "images" and keep our multiple images there. although you CAN have your images on other drives or on the network, that would take a LOOOOOOOONG time to do the data transfer to the invisible netboot folder on your server. my advice: keep local copies of all images. save a ton of time for yourself, eh?
then, when it's time to use the system image suntility to load up an image, i go to that same location each time, call it up and have the app set to the prefs i want or need. i'm on 10.4.7 server and have had no problem using the software.
so try using images locally and then, if that doesn't work, upgrade to 10.4.7

Master /Detail create problem

hi,everyone:
Firstly to say sorry for my bad English.
Now I have a question:
I'm working in JDeveloper 10.1.3 .The model layer is SessionEJB /Toplink ,and the view layer is JSF. I have a data structure :
HrUnit : Master
HrHuman : detail
HrKnowledge : detail
the <HrHuman>'s PRIMARYKEY is <ID>,and the <HrKnowledge>'s FOREIGN KEY is <RYID>.
and I want to make a page to insert a new row on <HrKnowledge>. I drag the <hrKnowledgeCollectionIterator> into the page as <ADF Creation Form>, the page run fine.
next step, I make <persistEntity> binding to the <submit button> and the parameters(entity) is
${bindings.hrKnowledgeCollectionIterator.currentRow.dataProvider}.
when i run the page , i get a wrong . i get the SQL in the <Unit of work > is
"INSERT INTO HrUnit ....."
i create a direct mapping for the detail's foreginkey in toplink,and when i "rebuild" the map ,it gives me a warning. This warning affect my custom code in EJB,it can't work correctly. So i can't use this way in my question.
Re: Master /Detail create problem
I beg your help.
Thanks. and very very thanks.

Hi,
I am not an expert in TopLink, but it appears to me that the TopLink model is causes your problems not ADF. There is a TopLink forum here on OTN that could give you a helping hand on this issue.
The following tutorial explains the use of TopLink in ADF
http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe1013jdev/10131/10131_adftoplink/master-detail-edit_page_adf_toplink.htm
Frank

When I create a new bookmark folder, the name of an existing folder is frequently changed to the anme of the new one, why?

Frequently when I create a new bookmark folder the name of an already existing unrelated folder is also changed to the same name as the new one being created. Sometimes if I am creating the new folder in "Bookmarks Menu" the existing folder who's name is changed is also in the "Bookmarks Menu". But sometimes it will be in the "Bookmarks Toolbar".
This is quite frustrating since the purpose of naming them is to identify them.

This can be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_not_saved

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