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Reputation: 1855

Java locks a newly created directory

I am copying recursively a directory, and tried with:

Sometimes I need to delete or move this directory and I cannot do that without restarting my application (I got a java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException).

I'm testing on Windows. Even with Windows Explorer, the directory cannot be deleted. I guess my issue is inherent to Windows but I didn't found much documentation about that.

Any idea or solution?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 73

Answers (1)

Aleksei Budiak
Aleksei Budiak

Reputation: 921

java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException could mean that directory is currently being accessed. The fact that restarting your application solves the problem makes me think that it's actually your application uses the directory.

You can check this theory using one of the ways specified in this Super User topic. If you find that java process holds a lock on the directory then you'll need to double check your code to see why this happens.

Upvotes: 1

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