code: public static long copy(
                      final InputStream input,
                      final File output
                      )
      throws IOException
      {
          OutputStream  stream_output = null;
          long  size = 0L;
          try {
              stream_output = new FileOutputStream( output );
                              //throws FileNotFoundException
              size = copy( input, stream_output );
                     //throws IOException
          } finally {
              try {
                  stream_output.close();
              } catch (Exception ex) {
                  //ignorable
              }
          }
  
          return size;
  
      }
docs: Reads the contents from the specified stream and writes them to the file.
  
  @param   input
  the input stream.
  @param   output
  the output file.
  @return
  the total number of bytes written to the output.