Question

In my java program I copy a file and delete the new file.

In my method removeFile() I check if it is a directory:

String fileName = "G:/1310628353186Examples.csv";
File f = new File(fileName);
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    System.out.println( "'" + fileName + "' is a directory" );
    String[] files = f.list();
    if (files != null && files.length > 0)
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Delete: directory not empty: " + fileName);
}

Sometimes I get "'G:/1310628353186Examples.csv' is a directory", sometimes I don’t.

When I debug the code and f.isDirectory() is true and I check what is in f.isDirectory, the debugger says that it’s false.

I’m running Eclipse SDK 3.4.0 and JDK 1.6 on Windows 7 Professional.

Answer 1

It seemed to be a problem caused by Windows. Linux does not have this problem.