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Apostolos Lerios commented on IO-168:
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Yes. Here is how.
public static final FileType get
(File file)
{
if (file==null) {
return UNKNOWN;
}
try {
if (!file.exists()) {
return NONEXISTENT;
}
if (file.getCanonicalFile().equals(file.getAbsoluteFile())) {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
return DIR;
}
if (file.isFile()) {
return FILE;
}
} else {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
return LINK_DIR;
}
if (file.isFile()) {
return LINK_FILE;
}
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
// CANNOT_GET_TYPE
}
return UNKNOWN;
}
> Symbolic links (symlinks) followed when deleting directory.
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: IO-168
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-168
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 1.4
> Environment: Linux only (symlinks required for bug to manifest)
> Reporter: Apostolos Lerios
>
> If 'dlink' is a symbolic link to a directory 'dir', and FileUtils.forceDelete
> is called on dlink, then here is what happens:
> 1) the contents of 'dir' are emptied (the link is followed).
> 2) 'dir' continues to exist (but is empty).
> 3) 'dlink' is removed.
> The correct behavior is to simply remove 'dlink' without following it and
> thus without altering the contents of 'dir' (or 'dir' itself).
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