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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:21:44 +1000
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On 23/06/2011 12:01 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>
>    The spelling of an entry can be obtained in an
>    operating-system dependent manner. For example, under
>    Microsoft® Windows:

That assumes that the file hasn't been renamed between opening and 
running 'dir', or the other way around. As a solution to this 
non-existent problem it doesn't convince. What would be required, if 
anything was a method that turned an fd into a filename. Is there one? 
Or are we really expecting the JVM to run external processes or scan 
directories every time the JVM opens a .class file? to no purpose when 
what it already does addresses the issue entirely?