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java.io.tmpdir points to an unexsiting folder [message #1692523] Thu, 16 April 2015 10:47 Go to next message
GianMaria Romanato is currently offline GianMaria RomanatoFriend
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Hello,

I had a runtime error in a third-party library because Virgo sets the variable java.io.tmpdir to a subfolder named tmp within its working directory, but such folder is not created.

In other words, user code that assumes that the java.io.tmpdir folder exists may fail. Of course this is not a big issue, one can always write a line of code like the following: 

  new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")).mkdirs();


but it's not clear to me what is the correct behaviour: I checked the javadoc for the File class but it's not mentioning whether the user code should (or should not) assume that the temporary folder exists. However, common experience is that in Java SE applications and in other application servers that folder always exists.

As such I would suggest to have Virgo automatically create the folder upon startup, especially since it's Virgo that sets the variable in dmk.sh

GianMaria.

Developing for Virgo using PDE: http://bit.ly/1w0tTit
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Re: java.io.tmpdir points to an unexsiting folder [message #1692528 is a reply to message #1692523] Thu, 16 April 2015 11:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Florian Waibel is currently offline Florian WaibelFriend
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I like your suggestion. Would you mind creating a bugzilla item?

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Re: java.io.tmpdir points to an unexsiting folder [message #1692531 is a reply to message #1692528] Thu, 16 April 2015 11:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GianMaria Romanato is currently offline GianMaria RomanatoFriend
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I double checked the shell scripts, and I now believe that this is probably an issue in the Virgo Tools rather than Virgo.

A deeper look at dmk.sh reveals that at some point the start scripts try to create the folder:

	# If we get here we have the correct Java version.
	
	if [ -z "$NO_START_FLAG" ]
	then
		TMP_DIR=$KERNEL_HOME/work/tmp
		# Ensure that the tmp directory exists
		mkdir -p $TMP_DIR


At this point I think I should open the bugzilla entry against the Virgo Tools, right?

GianMaria.

Developing for Virgo using PDE: http://bit.ly/1w0tTit
Global JNDI in Virgo: http://bit.ly/1to42mn
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[Updated on: Thu, 16 April 2015 13:06]

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Re: java.io.tmpdir points to an unexsiting folder [message #1692535 is a reply to message #1692531] Thu, 16 April 2015 11:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GianMaria Romanato is currently offline GianMaria RomanatoFriend
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And at first sight this may be the right place to apply the fix in the Virgo tools:

https://github.com/eclipse/virgo.ide/blob/82e3dd95c387b170a38ec978c477cfe26a14b32b/org.eclipse.virgo.ide.runtime.core/src/org/eclipse/virgo/ide/runtime/internal/core/ServerLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java#L79

unless you prefer to move the initialization logic from the shell script into the server Java code.

GianMaria.

Developing for Virgo using PDE: http://bit.ly/1w0tTit
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Re: java.io.tmpdir points to an unexsiting folder [message #1692561 is a reply to message #1692535] Thu, 16 April 2015 13:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Florian Waibel is currently offline Florian WaibelFriend
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Thanks for looking deeper into this. Any chance you can spare some more minutes and create a pull request?

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Re: java.io.tmpdir points to an unexsiting folder [message #1692565 is a reply to message #1692561] Thu, 16 April 2015 14:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GianMaria Romanato is currently offline GianMaria RomanatoFriend
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I'll try to have a look at it in the next days. Meanwhile I'll open the bugzilla entry against the Virgo IDE project.

GianMaria.

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Re: java.io.tmpdir points to an unexsiting folder [message #1692597 is a reply to message #1692565] Thu, 16 April 2015 16:54 Go to previous message
GianMaria Romanato is currently offline GianMaria RomanatoFriend
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I created the bugzilla entry https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=464814



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