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Are there any guidelines on how long you can keep a filereader open on a
file for? What exactly is java doing when it opens a filereader? I think
some operating systems will force the connection shut after a certain amount
of time but not sure.

On Jul 26, 2:22 am, "Crouchez" <b...@bllllllahblllbllahblahblahhh.com>
wrote:
> Are there any guidelines on how long you can keep a filereader open on a
> file for? What exactly is java doing when it opens a filereader? I think
> some operating systems will force the connection shut after a certain amount
> of time but not sure.

If it's a local file I don't see why. If it's a network connection it
may need some kind of "keepalive"; that will depend on the specific
protocol. In the case of HTTP I know there's a Keepalive: 1 HTTP
header. In the case of others (FTP, local network file sharing
protocols like Samba and NFS, etc.) I don't have a clue, sorry.

Crouchez wrote:
> Are there any guidelines on how long you can keep a filereader open on a
> file for? What exactly is java doing when it opens a filereader? I think
> some operating systems will force the connection shut after a certain amount
> of time but not sure.

I am not aware of any operating system that will "timeout" open files.

Arne