Name: nt126004 Date: 03/03/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-b21)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-b21, mixed mode)

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
logging API does not create log file using %t in pattern

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. compile and execute program as is
2. verify log file exists
3. change only %h to %t
4. recompile and execute

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
cannot find log file, even when DOS is shut down during a
pause in the program

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.util.logging.*;
import java.io.IOException;
class Test {
   static Logger logger = Logger.getAnonymousLogger();
   static {
      logger.setLevel(Level.ALL);
      logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);
      try {
           Handler fileHandler = new FileHandler("%t/test.log");
           fileHandler.setLevel(Level.ALL);
           fileHandler.setFormatter(new SimpleFormatter());
           logger.addHandler(fileHandler);
      } catch(IOException ioe) {
           Handler consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler();
           consoleHandler.setLevel(Level.CONFIG);
           logger.addHandler(consoleHandler);
           logger.log(Level.CONFIG, "cannot instantiate FileHandler " +
                      "using \"%t/test.log\" pattern", ioe);
      }
   }
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      logger.entering("Test", "main(String[] args)", args);
      //System.out.println("kill program now");
      //long t = System.currentTimeMillis() + 20000;
      //while(System.currentTimeMillis() < t); // delay
      //System.out.println("too late");
      logger.exiting("Test", "main(String[] args)");
   }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
do not write logs to temporary directory
(Review ID: 158699)
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