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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35776

           Summary: amend FileUtils to properly handle cygwin symbolic links
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.7Alpha (nightly)
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Core
        AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org
        ReportedBy: hauser@acm.org
                CC: daniel.santos@pobox.com,morrijr@apache.org


org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils is a great tool to create platform
independent paths:

        FileUtils fu = FileUtils.getFileUtils();
        return new Location(Locator.fromURI(fu.toURI(fileName)))
                .getFileName();

Unfortunately, when a path is using cygwin symlinks, it still won't work.

There is a resolveFile() that already does more than just new File(file,
filename), but unfortunately, it wouldn't notice if a file doesn't exist (due to
being a cygwin symbolic link).

Once this exists, I guess this very useful tool "FileUtils" might find many more
takers and thus could move to jakarta-commons?

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