Search for file on local drives

Hi,
How do I search for a file on the clients local drives with a Java Application?

Get a FileSystemView, iterate over all File System Roots and recursively look for all files and directories on each root until you found one with a matching name.
You should tell the user that he can go and grab a coffee while the process is running.

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Van,
Here is a simplem recursive directory search example you can use to find a
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definitely want to specify it to limit the searching on the drive.
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includes Framework;
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-- END CONSTANT DEFINITIONS
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-- END C DATA TYPE DEFINITIONS
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has public method RunMe;
has property
shared=(allow=off, override=on);
transactional=(allow=off, override=on);
monitored=(allow=off, override=on);
distributed=(allow=off, override=on);
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-- START SERVICE OBJECT DEFINITIONS
-- END SERVICE OBJECT DEFINITIONS
-- START CURSOR DEFINITIONS
-- END CURSOR DEFINITIONS
-- START TYPEDEF DEFINITIONS
-- END TYPEDEF DEFINITIONS
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// Method : FileExist
// Author : Dustin Breese, PerSe Technologies
// Date : December 10, 1997
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suffix = nil);
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Restricted = FALSE;
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Internal = FALSE;
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From: Van Vuong <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 10:18:33 -0600
Subject: Searching for files
I would like to scan the users local drives to verify that a certain
file exists. The client is Windows 95. Any ideas?
Van Vuong
Internet: [email protected]
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