[IO-93] FileSystemUtils needs to call Process.destroy() on exec'd processes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.3
• Component/s: Utilities

Environment

Java 1.5_06 VM, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 OS

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jon Neely
• Created: 19/Sep/06 01:47
• Updated: 09/Mar/07 20:38
• Resolved: 07/Oct/06 11:59

Description

Calling the FileSystemUtils.getFreeSpace() method multiple times (~3000) will generate an IOException with the following text: "Too many open files". Documentation from Sun says this problem is due to not destroying the java.lang.Process object returned from the System.exec() call.

Some sample code I wrote confirms that calling destroy prevents this error from occurring.