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  1. Commons IO
  2. IO-385

FileUtils.doCopyFile can potentially loop for ever

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • 2.5
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    Description

      FileUtils.doCopyFile caches the input file size and only exits the loop once it has read sufficient bytes.

      If the input file is truncated after obtaining the file size, the loop might never exit.

      One possible way round this might be to check whether anything has been transferred. However, I don't know if it's possible for FileChannel.transferFrom() to temporarily return 0 when there is data available; if so that could cause some existing applications to break.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. IO-383 FileUtils.doCopyFile caches the file size; needs to be documented

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