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Re: java.io.File

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On 02/12/2011 16:25, Lew wrote:
> Mark wrote:
>> Can a java.io.File object use a OS file descriptor?  I am trying to
>> find the source of a fd leak in a[n] application.
>
> At some point, depending on the operations performed by the 'File' instance, there may be a file descriptor involved, and then the 'File' instance certainly does use it, at least indirectly via JVM system calls that proxy to OS system calls.

It was my understanding that java.io.File instances were merely 
representations of pathnames, and are neither closed nor opened, just 
places and names where files could exist or not.

It was also my understanding that file descriptors were representations 
of opened files.

--
Mayeul

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java.io.File Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.net> - 2011-12-02 09:35 +0000
  Re: java.io.File Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 07:25 -0800
    Re: java.io.File Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.net> - 2011-12-02 15:55 +0000
      Re: java.io.File Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 08:17 -0800
        Re: java.io.File Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.net> - 2011-12-02 16:31 +0000
          Re: java.io.File markspace <-@.> - 2011-12-02 08:53 -0800
          Re: java.io.File Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 14:02 -0800
            Re: java.io.File Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-02 17:12 -0500
              Re: java.io.File Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 14:16 -0800
                Re: java.io.File Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-02 18:42 -0500
                Re: java.io.File Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2011-12-03 01:06 +0100
                Re: java.io.File Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-12-07 15:51 +0200
            Re: java.io.File Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.net> - 2011-12-05 15:14 +0000
              Re: java.io.File markspace <-@.> - 2011-12-05 07:49 -0800
                Re: java.io.File Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.net> - 2011-12-05 16:28 +0000
              Re: java.io.File Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 15:25 -0800
                Re: java.io.File Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.net> - 2011-12-06 10:29 +0000
          Re: java.io.File Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-02 17:08 -0500
      Re: java.io.File Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-03 00:57 -0800
    Re: java.io.File Mayeul <mayeul.marguet@free.fr> - 2011-12-02 17:33 +0100
      Re: java.io.File Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 14:07 -0800
        Re: java.io.File Mayeul <mayeul.marguet@free.fr> - 2011-12-06 15:52 +0100
          Re: java.io.File Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-06 09:23 -0800

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