Michael Koch wrote: > I dont checked if the JDK reads the file or only the directory entry. > /dev/null is no normal file. its a char driver: > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2003-10-29 11:18 /dev/null > > ZipFile uses RandomAccessFile and this should throw an exception if > the file is not a regular file and char driver files are not regular > files.
/dev/null was just an example. Using any normal non-ZIP file gives the same results. So I guess RandomAccessFile is broken too? Well that's a different question. Some might argue that /dev/null *should* appear as a normal file... ? I agree that just reading the magic number (first four bytes) would be plenty sufficient. Cheers, -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Halloo Communications * http://www.halloo.com _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
