Hi Gary, On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 10:24 +0100, Gary Benson wrote: > I just noticed that File.canWrite() actually writes things in order to > check whether they are writable. This seems really wrong to me: just > checking something should not modify the filesystem! Does anyone mind > if I replace this? Yes please! It would be nice if we had a real test instead of the canWriteDirectory(File) hack that is in place now. Cheers, Mark -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 191 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://developer.classpath.org/pipermail/classpath/attachments/20060403/59606766/attachment.pgp