I have this following code using Java 7 nio API:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
public class TestDeleteOnClose {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Path tmp = Files.createTempFile("a", "b");
OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(tmp, StandardOpenOption.DELETE_ON_CLOSE);
ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
os.write(0);
os.flush();
System.out.println(Files.exists(tmp));
os.close();
System.out.println(Files.exists(tmp));
}
}
On Windows, I see what I expect, i.e true false
. On Linux I see false false
. Is it expected? Am I doing something wrong?
The fact that the file is deleted too early is problematic since I need to test it for its size for instance after having written to it.
I use jdk7u25 on both Linux and Windows and could reproduce on machines with RedHat or ArchLinux on it.
EDIT: even if I test for file existence before another call to os.write() I am told the file does not exist anymore. If I open the file with the CREATE
options, then I will see true true
.