title: See if file is empty
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7190618/most-efficient-way-to-check-if-a-file-is-empty-in-java-on-windows">Most efficient way to check if a file is empty in Java on Windows</a>  </p>
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  <p>How to a check if a file is empty in Java 7?<br>
  I tried it using the available() method from ObjectInputStream, but it returns always zero even if the the file contains data.  </p>