Re: isDirectory/isFile and links

[Michael Koch]

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Am Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2003 15:40 schrieb Dr. Torsten Rupp:
> Hi,
>
> I yust got a little bit confused, because of the behaviour of
> java.io.File.isDirectory()/java.io.File.isFile(). If the
> requested filename is a link to a file/directory it seems
> always "false" is reported. With JDK "true" is reported. The
> reason for this seems to be the OS function "lstat" which
> is used in java_io_File.c. Should it be "stat" instead?

I looked into the posix version of the native code of java.io.File in 
libgcj. libgcj uses stat instead of lstat. I think stat is the better 
choice.

If unsure you can strace the JDK executing a little test app. 


Michael
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