Integrated: 8355954: File.delete removes read-only files (win)

Tue May 20 15:53:16 UTC 2025

On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:38:02 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This change proposes to modify `java.io.File.delete()` so that regular files on Windows will not be deleted by default if their read-only attribute is set. A boolean-valued system compatibility property `jdk.io.File.deleteReadOnly` is defined to reinstate legacy behavior if desired.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: bcf5cd69
Author:    Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/bcf5cd69413abd95bf7c3a0249fe1c9b713c85a6
Stats:     132 lines in 5 files changed: 106 ins; 4 del; 22 mod

8355954: File.delete removes read-only files (win)

Reviewed-by: alanb

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24977