How do I transfer files verbatim across a socket connection?

Question

So, I've got this socket connection running between two computers. I want one computer to take a file (C:\SourceFile.doc for example) and transfer it verbatim over an Internet connection to another computer (C:\DestFile.doc for example). By verbatim, I mean bit for bit, no changes to the format. It would seem that a filereader/filewriter system would work, and it does fine for .txt or plain files, but if I try to do something fancy, like a Microsoft word document (.doc) it doesn't work. Specifically, it saves a bunch of garbage at the begging and end of the file. How do I correct this?
From my file transmitter:
out.println("Prepare for Text File");
FileReader localin = new FileReader(file);
int l=0;
while((l=localin.read())!=-1)
     //System.out.print((char)l);
     out.print((char)l);
localin.close();
out.println("End Of File");
From my file reciever
if(line.equals("Prepare for Text File"))
     System.out.println("ready for text");               if(fileChooser.showSaveDialog(RadioComReciever.this)==JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
File localFile=fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
          FileWriter localout = new FileWriter(localFile);
          line=in.readLine();
          while(!line.equals("End Of File"))
               for(int i=0;i<line.length();i++)
               {                                                                 localout.write((byte)line.charAt(i));
               localout.write('\n');
               System.out.println();
               line=in.readLine();
          localout.close();
Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

But my program is already accessing text from a
socket connection. Is there a way to transfer things
over sockets other than text?Yes. Everything that goes over a socket connection is bytes. Certainly you can transfer text, because it can be represented in bytes, but not all files are text. So just send the bytes as is.
Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for you help, I just
thought scokets mostly transfered just text. Am I
wrong?I don't have any statistics on how much Internet traffic is text. But 100% of it is bytes. Just send the bytes as is.
And is it just me, or is the documentation on File
I/O provided by Sun somewhat lacking?It isn't the job of the documentation to explain basic Java concepts like the difference between byte and char. That's the job of the tutorials. Like the Java I/O tutorial.