[2696] in java-interest
Re: File.canRead(), File.exists(), etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Payne)
Tue Oct 10 22:59:22 1995
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 18:07:54 -0700
From: jpayne@starwave.com (Jonathan Payne)
To: jcdst10+@pitt.edu
Cc: Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM, java-interest@webrunner.neato.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9510102059.A4585-0100000@unixs7.cis.pitt.edu> (message from James C Deikun on Tue, 10 Oct 1995 20:58:39 -0400 (EDT))
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 20:58:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: James C Deikun <jcdst10+@pitt.edu>
> Cc: Jonathan Payne <jpayne@starwave.com>,
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> On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Arthur van Hoff wrote:
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> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > > I am having a hard time understanding why these guys throw
> > > IOException. Is this a mistake or is there some reason I am just not
> > > seeing.
> >
> > I think you are right that is a bug.
>
> Well, what if the directory you're looking for the file in doesn't
> exist? Or is that not possible?
Then the file itself doesn't exist.
If Arthur is serious that this is a bug, I am going to modify my copy
here, because it's driving me nuts.
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