Hi All,
Windows platforms have reserved a few names for device usages, and "nul"
is one of them. And Windows API, such as _wfullpath() and
GetFullPathNameW, returns its full path with the prefix "\\.\", which
represents win32 device namespaces.
For example, "nul", whose full path name is "\\.\nul", is a valid device
name. But our current Canonicalization logicfails to generate its
canonicalpath and throws an IOException. This fix is going to address
the problem. Thanks!
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dxu/4858457/webrev.00/
Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4858457
-Dan
