[jira] Commented: (IO-17) [io] delete in FileUtils sometimes fails on Windows

["Joerg Schaible (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

    [ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-17?page=comments#action_12420789 ] 

Joerg Schaible commented on IO-17:
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Same from me: Using System.gc() in a library method is a no-no! If you cannot delete the file, it simply means, someone did not close it. So that code should be fixed!

> [io] delete in FileUtils sometimes fails on Windows
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: IO-17
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-17
>      Project: Commons IO
>         Type: Bug

>     Versions: 1.0
>  Environment: Operating System: Windows XP
> Platform: PC
>     Reporter: Wim Deblauwe
>      Fix For: 1.3

>
> The delete function in the FileUtils class will sometimes not delete a file or
> directory on windows. This is a known bug in the VM. Ant solves this by calling
> the GC explecitly and then wait some time. See
> http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java?view=markup
> on how they do it.

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