Jim, You might just want to change the code to create and close a FileOutputStream in a way that doesn't truncate or damage the target file. Or maybe use the NIO file code if that is possible. See BUG ID 4420020. Jason
> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 16:37:02 -0500 > From: jim.g...@oracle.com > To: core-libs-dev@openjdk.java.net > Subject: RFR: 6244047: impossible to specify directories to logging > FileHandler unless they exist > > Please review > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jgish/Bug6244047-FileHandler-CheckLockLocation/ > <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ejgish/Bug6244047-FileHandler-CheckLockLocation/> > > This updates the logging FileHandler to actually check the directory > passed to it via the pattern to ensure that it exists and is writable. > It does this before going into the loop to create lock files there which > will fail repeatedly if the directory specified is invalid. If the file > specified does not exist, or is not a directory or not writable, an > IOException with a precise message is thrown. > > Note that this fix does not do as some users would like, which is to go > ahead and create directories that don't exist. > > Thanks, > Jim > > -- > Jim Gish | Consulting Member of Technical Staff | +1.781.442.0304 > Oracle Java Platform Group | Core Libraries Team > 35 Network Drive > Burlington, MA 01803 > jim.g...@oracle.com >
