[FOP-2903] [PATCH] Do not delete files on invocation with syntax errors in command line

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.9
• Component/s: unqualified
• Environment: Linux RHEL 7, FOP installed from source
• Assignee: Simon Steiner
• Reporter: Mathias Weiersmueller
• Created: 15/Jan/20 08:04
• Updated: 27/Jul/23 09:08
• Resolved: 27/Jul/23 09:08

Description

When invoking FOP from the command line with an error, fop deletes files. I expect FOP to touch nothing upon an error.

Example:

fop -xml ./my.xml my.xsl -pdf result.pdf

above command throws as expected an error because the -xsl flag is missing in front of the XSL file name:

Jan 15, 2020 8:56:03 AM org.apache.fop.cli.Main startFOP
SEVERE: Exception
org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException: you can only set one output method

But the file my.xsl is gone (deleted) afterwards. The file should not get deleted upon an error in the command line.