File.exists() does not work on mac for non-English characters on Java 7 on Mac

[Scott Kovatch]

We fixed/worked around this in the plugin by setting the environment variable LC_CTYPE to UTF-8. Given that file names are in UTF-8 by default on OS X this seems unnecessary to me, but there you go.

-- Scott K.


On Oct 10, 2012, at 4:41 AM, David Kocher <dkocher at sudo.ch> wrote:

> Agust,
> 
> My workaround is to use NSFFileManager instead (with bridging through JNA or JNI).
> 
> -- David
> 
> On 10.10.2012, at 13:16, Thorkelsson <thorkelsson at sidelinesports.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for this link David.
>> 
>> I can see that this bug was marked critical for a year ago, but then I don't know what happens. Obviously it's a tough one.
>> 
>> But just some feedback for all from a company perspective. At the risk of stating the obvious: This bug is really killing us. We can't release a huge upgrade depending on Java 7 (because of use of the JavaFX 2.2) because of this. We've been trying to workaround this bug for more than a week now without success. We just can't believe that this is something that is out in an official Java release. That's why we've been trying everything to find out what could be wrong on our side. But it doesn't seem to be that way (still don't believe it…)
>> 
>> I can understand that this has slipped by before because Java 7 hasn't been out long for the Mac. But if it is the way that this is in the release, it will start affecting people quickly.
>> 
>> This doesn't add to the solution, so I will not write more about it. But please, to those who have the influence, do everything you can to get this into the next update. We are here to help with anything regarding testing or reproducing the bug.
>> 
>> And of course, if anyone has a workaround, it would be greatly appreciated to learn about it!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Agust
>> 
>> 
>> Agust Thorkelsson
>> Sideline Sports
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>> 
>> On 10 okt 2012, at 11:35, David Kocher <dkocher at sudo.ch> wrote:
>> 
>>> This issue is being discussed in http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT-165. I will attach a test case again for the non believers.
>>> 
>>> -- David
>>> 
>>> On 10.10.2012, at 10:53, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 09/10/2012 21:21, Þorvaldur Blöndal wrote:
>>>>> Hi Alan and thanks for the suggestion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I downloaded version 1.8.0-ea-b59 and unfortunately it's the same.
>>>>> And this is not just about the exists()-method. I can't create a FileInputStream or anything like that.
>>>>> I can also tell you that files with atypical names are not seen at all in JFileChooser. I have to use java.awt.FileDialog. See attached picture.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Note: I made a mistake when I said in the report that it previously worked in version 7. I meant to say version 6.
>>>>> 
>>>> I'll bet this is related to your locale, you can print out the value of the file.encoding property?
>>>> 
>>>> -Alan.
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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