RFR: 8306882: (fs) Path.toRealPath(LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS) fails when "../../" follows a link

Tue Aug 29 20:41:13 UTC 2023

On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 01:09:16 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Modify `Path.toRealPath` such that it does not collapse links such as "link/.." or "link/../.." when `LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS` is specified or, in some cases, not.

The test and Windows changes reverted by 75db49960921293dd6b50c96e0961475c8ec2af4 will be addressed by merging and modifying the patch #15474 and by a separate issue to be filed, respectively.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15397#issuecomment-1698095077