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Niall Pemberton commented on IO-168:
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Is there any way to determine a file is a symlink?
> Symbolic links (symlinks) followed when deleting directory.
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> Key: IO-168
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-168
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 1.4
> Environment: Linux only (symlinks required for bug to manifest)
> Reporter: Apostolos Lerios
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> If 'dlink' is a symbolic link to a directory 'dir', and FileUtils.forceDelete
> is called on dlink, then here is what happens:
> 1) the contents of 'dir' are emptied (the link is followed).
> 2) 'dir' continues to exist (but is empty).
> 3) 'dlink' is removed.
> The correct behavior is to simply remove 'dlink' without following it and
> thus without altering the contents of 'dir' (or 'dir' itself).
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