8202076: test/jdk/java/io/File/WinSpecialFiles.java on windows with VS2017

Fri May 18 14:42:27 UTC 2018

On May 18, 2018, at 7:40 AM, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:

>> The offset in the string comparison is necessary as “C:\\pagefile.sys” becomes “pagefile.sys” in fileData.cFileName. I’m not certain that this will work in all cases however but it is certainly no worse than before.
>> 
> Can the call to _wstati64 be removed? That is, if GetFileAttributesExW fails with a sharing violation then just use FindFirstFileW as the fallback.

Had not tried that yet but I will.

Thanks,

Brian

PS A proposed fix for https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8201407 should be forthcoming later today.