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Boris Unckel commented on IO-522: --------------------------------- This has been solved [https://github.com/apache/commons-io/blob/fa59009aaabcf8671a8d741993ef355f42b95ccd/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/DeletingPathVisitor.java#L136] Please close the issue. > Symbolic links get followed in deleteQuietly > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: IO-522 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-522 > Project: Commons IO > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Utilities > Affects Versions: 2.5 > Reporter: Daniel Temme > Assignee: Stian Soiland-Reyes > Priority: Critical > > IO-168 describes the problem. > `deleteQuietly` will behave correctly for nested symlinks but the initial > call erroneously calls `cleanDirectory`. Calling `deleteDirectory` and > returning would probably be the better behaviour (analogous to `forceDelete`) -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)