[jira] [Commented] (IO-295) FileUtils.isSymlinks misses symlink folders on Windows

["Will Erickson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Will Erickson commented on IO-295:
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I disagree.

Apache Commons code also calls this flawed implementation instead of calling java.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink.

Here's an example:
http://grepcode.com/file/repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java/#1529

In this particular case calling deleteDirectory() in windows will give vastly different results than it does in Linux/Unix

If you're going to tell people to stop using this implementation, you should also follow your own advice, and stop using it internally too.

> FileUtils.isSymlinks misses symlink folders on Windows
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: IO-295
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-295
>             Project: Commons IO
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 2.1
>         Environment: Windows 7 64 bit, Oracle Java 7
>            Reporter: Ron Gross
>         Attachments: IO-295-1.patch, IO-295.patch
>
>
> I created a symlink folder via mklink.
> Then, while debugging, I noticed that FileUtils.isSymlink() returns false on this directory, while Java 7's Files.isSymbolicLink() returns true.



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