[jira] Commented: (IO-168) Symbolic links (symlinks) followed when deleting directory.

["Ajay Sridhar (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Ajay Sridhar commented on IO-168:
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Hi Guys,

Is there an update on this? This seems like a fairly severe bug,

Cheers,
Ajay.

> 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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