public class feedDirList

public class feedDirList {

  File directory;
  int indent = 2;
  static Vector feed = new Vector();

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
        DirList dl = new DirList(args[i]);
        dl.list();
      }
    }
    catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }    
  
  }

  public DirList(String s) throws IOException {
    this(new File(s), 2);
  }
  
  public DirList(File f) throws IOException {
    this(f, 2);
  }
  
  public DirList(File directory, int indent) throws IOException {
    if (directory.isDirectory()) {
      this.directory = new File(directory.getCanonicalPath());
    }
    else {
      throw new IOException(directory.toString() + " is not a directory");
    }
    this.indent = indent;
    String spaces = "";
    for (int i = 0; i < indent-2; i++) spaces += " ";    
    System.out.println(spaces + directory + File.separatorChar);    
  }
  
  public void list() throws IOException {
  
    if (!feed.contains(this.directory)) {
      feed.addElement(this.directory);
      String[] files = directory.list();
      String spaces = "";
      for (int i = 0; i < indent; i++) spaces += " ";    
      for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        File f = new File(directory, files[i]);
        if (f.isFile()) {
          System.out.println(spaces + f.getName());
        }
        else { // it's another directory
          DirList dl = new DirList(f, indent + 2);
          dl.list(); 
        }
      }
    }
  
  }

}