   File backup in a java application
  Hey,I am currently designing a stock control system to be implemented in java.I would like to add a button to the interface that, when activated by the user will automatically backup a copy of the database, perhaps to CD.I am thinking ahead as to how I would implement this but I am not too sure.Is there perhaps a standard way of carrying out this functionality? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks,Gooner.   
  As far as I am aware (and I searched just now to make sure) Java has no native support for burning media. One suggestion I found that you might find interesting is using the nero commandline tool to do the burning, in which case you'd execute it from java with all your parameters when the button is pressed. If it's another media, like a harddrive, and it's a relational database, then I guess it just comes down to copying the files. If by database you mean something like an internal database of java objects, then we do have the serialization api (but I think this is not what you want).   ;  Thanks.Basically I will have a stock database (quite likely to be in MS Access as it will only be small) and I would like to be able to make a copy of this file and write it to a cd (or any other storage device if you know how).I don't really understand your suggestion about using Nero, could you post the link for me please so I can have a read through it.Cheers mate   ;  That suggestion originated from this thread. The idea is to run nero from within your program.MS Access databases were all in one single file last time I looked, so it should be trivial to burn or copy it (but again there's no burning API in java).   