[MCLEAN-4] does not handle symbolic links correctly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Assignee: John Dennis Casey
• Reporter: John Dennis Casey
• Created: 03/Feb/06 10:56
• Updated: 08/Mar/06 22:46
• Resolved: 14/Feb/06 12:22

Description

inside removeDir(..), each file needs to be checked to see if it's a symbolic link. If so, the link should be deleted, not the referenced location. I think we can address this by adding a check similar to:

if ( !f.getCanonicalPath().startsWith( d.getCanonicalPath() ) )
{
// don't process as a subdir, just erase the file. WILL THIS WORK?
}