On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:31:42 GMT, Francisco Ferrari Bihurriet
<fferr...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Oh, I meant the final `else`. What does it mean if a file is neither
>> "regular" nor "directory"? Also I don't quite understand why one uses
>> `toRealPath` and one uses `toAbsolutePath`. Is this related to resolving a
>> symlink?
>
> Oh, I see now, _Linux_ pipes are examples of non-regular + non-directory at
> the same time, where `Path::toAbsolutePath()` works but `Path::toRealPath()`
> fails:
>
>
> [fferrari@vmhost ~]$ jshell
> -<<<'System.out.println(Path.of("/dev/stdin").toAbsolutePath())'
> /dev/stdin
> [fferrari@vmhost ~]$ jshell
> -<<<'System.out.println(Path.of("/dev/stdin").toRealPath())'
> Exception java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /dev/stdin
> at UnixException.translateToIOException (UnixException.java:92)
> at UnixException.rethrowAsIOException (UnixException.java:106)
> at UnixException.rethrowAsIOException (UnixException.java:111)
> at UnixPath.toRealPath (UnixPath.java:825)
> at (#1:1)
>
>
> That change was introduced to avoid a regression, please see [this
> comment](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/16483#issuecomment-1881663782)
> (and the commit message).
Thanks. So only real file has real path.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16483#discussion_r1572442341
