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Subject: FileWriter throws wrong exception
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From: Steve Kelem <###@###.###>


java.io.FileWriter throws the FileNotFoundException when trying to write to
a read-only file.

Here's some sample code that exercises the bug. You will need to create a
read-only file called "a" to exercise the bug.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class iotest {
  static FileWriter ftarget = null;
  static PrintWriter target = null;
    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
  public iotest() {
  }

  static void write_files(String File_A)
       throws IOException
  {
    ftarget = new FileWriter(File_A);
    target = new PrintWriter(ftarget);
    target.println("This is line 1 of file A.");
    ftarget.flush();
    ftarget.close();
  }

  public static void main(String args[])
       throws IOException
  {
    write_files("a");
  }
}

I hope this helps,
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This is reproducable on build 122.

sfoster@eng 1997-06-10