RFR: 8003887: File.getCanonicalFile() does not resolve symlinks on MS Windows [v2]

Tue Sep 3 15:59:22 UTC 2024

On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 15:41:38 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Links can't be created without elevated permissions so I need to investigate how to do this. I think it's already done in some other tests.

Can you check the tests in java/nio/file. I think they may skip if Files.createSymbolicLink fails, which it might do some Windows test machines but not others.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20801#issuecomment-2326881763