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Boris Unckel commented on IO-522:
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This has been solved
[https://github.com/apache/commons-io/blob/fa59009aaabcf8671a8d741993ef355f42b95ccd/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/DeletingPathVisitor.java#L136]
Please close the issue.
> Symbolic links get followed in deleteQuietly
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> Key: IO-522
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-522
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 2.5
> Reporter: Daniel Temme
> Assignee: Stian Soiland-Reyes
> Priority: Critical
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> IO-168 describes the problem.
> `deleteQuietly` will behave correctly for nested symlinks but the initial
> call erroneously calls `cleanDirectory`. Calling `deleteDirectory` and
> returning would probably be the better behaviour (analogous to `forceDelete`)
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