Patch pasted in case the attachement didn't make throught the list:
Index: java/org/apache/tomcat/util/FileUtils.java
===================================================================
--- java/org/apache/tomcat/util/FileUtils.java (revision 0)
+++ java/org/apache/tomcat/util/FileUtils.java (revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.apache.tomcat.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+
+public class FileUtils {
+
+ /**
+ * Delete dir recursively never following symlinks
+ * @param dir
+ */
+ public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {
+ boolean mightBeSymlink;
+ try {
+ mightBeSymlink = isSymLink(dir);
+ } catch (IOException e) {
+ mightBeSymlink = true;
+ }
+
+ if (mightBeSymlink) {
+ return dir.delete();
+ } else {
+ String files[] = dir.list();
+ if (files == null) {
+ files = new String[0];
+ }
+ for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+ File file = new File(dir, files[i]);
+ if (file.isDirectory()) {
+ deleteDir(file);
+ } else {
+ file.delete();
+ }
+ }
+ return dir.delete();
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Trys to determine if the last path component is a symlink
+ *
+ * @param file
+ * @return true if it is a symlink
+ * @throws IOException - if we run into trouble examining the
file, the file may or may not be a symlink
+ * if this exception is thrown.
+ */
+ public static boolean isSymLink(File file) throws IOException {
+ String path1 =
(file.getAbsoluteFile().getParentFile().getCanonicalPath() +
File.separatorChar + file.getName());
+ String path2 = (file.getAbsoluteFile().getCanonicalPath());
+ return !path1.equals(path2);
+ }
+
+}
Index: java/org/apache/catalina/ha/deploy/FarmWarDeployer.java
===================================================================
--- java/org/apache/catalina/ha/deploy/FarmWarDeployer.java (revision
672932)
+++ java/org/apache/catalina/ha/deploy/FarmWarDeployer.java (working copy)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
import org.apache.catalina.ha.ClusterMessage;
import org.apache.catalina.tribes.Member;
import org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.Registry;
+import org.apache.tomcat.util.FileUtils;
/**
@@ -580,21 +581,7 @@
* File object representing the directory to be deleted
*/
protected void undeployDir(File dir) {
-
- String files[] = dir.list();
- if (files == null) {
- files = new String[0];
- }
- for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
- File file = new File(dir, files[i]);
- if (file.isDirectory()) {
- undeployDir(file);
- } else {
- file.delete();
- }
- }
- dir.delete();
-
+ FileUtils.deleteDir(dir);
}
/*
Index: java/org/apache/catalina/startup/ExpandWar.java
===================================================================
--- java/org/apache/catalina/startup/ExpandWar.java (revision 672932)
+++ java/org/apache/catalina/startup/ExpandWar.java (working copy)
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
import org.apache.catalina.util.StringManager;
import org.apache.juli.logging.Log;
import org.apache.juli.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.tomcat.util.FileUtils;
/**
* Expand out a WAR in a Host's appBase.
@@ -274,21 +275,7 @@
* @param dir File object representing the directory to be deleted
*/
public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {
-
- String files[] = dir.list();
- if (files == null) {
- files = new String[0];
- }
- for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
- File file = new File(dir, files[i]);
- if (file.isDirectory()) {
- deleteDir(file);
- } else {
- file.delete();
- }
- }
- return dir.delete();
-
+ return FileUtils.deleteDir(dir);
}
Index: java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappClassLoader.java
===================================================================
--- java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappClassLoader.java (revision
672932)
+++ java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappClassLoader.java (working copy)
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
import org.apache.naming.resources.Resource;
import org.apache.naming.resources.ResourceAttributes;
import org.apache.tomcat.util.IntrospectionUtils;
+import org.apache.tomcat.util.FileUtils;
/**
* Specialized web application class loader.
@@ -2330,21 +2331,8 @@
* @param dir File object representing the directory to be deleted
*/
protected static void deleteDir(File dir) {
+ FileUtils.deleteDir(dir);
- String files[] = dir.list();
- if (files == null) {
- files = new String[0];
- }
- for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
- File file = new File(dir, files[i]);
- if (file.isDirectory()) {
- deleteDir(file);
- } else {
- file.delete();
- }
- }
- dir.delete();
-
}
Index: java/org/apache/catalina/manager/ManagerServlet.java
===================================================================
--- java/org/apache/catalina/manager/ManagerServlet.java (revision
672932)
+++ java/org/apache/catalina/manager/ManagerServlet.java (working copy)
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
import org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo;
import org.apache.catalina.util.StringManager;
import org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.Registry;
+import org.apache.tomcat.util.FileUtils;
/**
@@ -1508,21 +1509,7 @@
* @param dir File object representing the directory to be deleted
*/
protected void undeployDir(File dir) {
-
- String files[] = dir.list();
- if (files == null) {
- files = new String[0];
- }
- for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
- File file = new File(dir, files[i]);
- if (file.isDirectory()) {
- undeployDir(file);
- } else {
- file.delete();
- }
- }
- dir.delete();
-
+ FileUtils.deleteDir(dir);
}
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Michael Bailey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> By default tomcat, when tomcat undeploys a war it deletes the exploded
> directory and follows symlinked directories recursively, whether
> allowLinking="true" or not. Is this the intended behavior? I have a
> use case in which I want to have allowLinking="true" for my context,
> but when the exploded directory gets deleted during undeploy I don't
> want it to delete the target of the symlink only the symlink itself.
> The recursive delete code was found in 4 places in the code. I
> replaced it with a call to a utility method. I have attached a patch
> that disables following of symlinks for deletion. It has only been
> tested with JDK 5 on Linux.
>
> I am curious to know the details for the use case in which you want
> tomcat to follow symlinks for deletion to be the default behavior.
>
> Michael Bailey
>
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