FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux pers 2.6.17-11-generic #2 SMP Thu Feb 1 19:52:28 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Dual boots Windows XP home (Swedish) and Ubuntu 6.10. Using windows ext2 driver (http://www.fs-driver.org) to access my Linux partition.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Java fails to identify some of my directories as directories. All the files that should be identified as directories fulfils the following criterias:
-Folder named in Windows.
-Stored to a Linux partition of ext3 format (through Windows ext2 driver).
-Folder name contains special Swedish characters.

The Linux list command correctly identifies the folder.
Both the Windows dir command and Java under Windows correctly identifies the directory as a directory.
Under Linux the Swedish characters are not shown correctly due to different name encoding.


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create a java.io.File object referring to the specified folder. Issue the isDirectory() metod on the new object.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Should identify the file as a folder.


Here is the output of the Linux ls command:
`ls -al /mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet`

total 76
drwxr-xr-x 18 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 per per 4096 2007-03-20 20:19 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Aktiekunskap
drwxr-xr-x 4 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Biologi
drwxr-xr-x 12 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Datorkunksap
-rw-r--r-- 1 per per 78 2006-05-19 17:52 Desktop.ini
drwxr-xr-x 3 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Engelska
drwxr-xr-x 2 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 F?retagsekonomi
drwxr-xr-x 4 per per 4096 2006-12-17 10:41 Fysik
drwxr-xr-x 5 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Historia
drwxr-xr-x 2 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Idrott
drwxr-xr-x 4 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Kemi
drwxr-xr-x 2 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Mattematik
drwxr-xr-x 3 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Naturvetenskap
drwxr-xr-x 2 per per 4096 2006-12-17 10:45 Programmering
drwxr-xr-x 2 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Religionskunskap
drwxr-xr-x 2 per per 4096 2006-12-17 10:44 Samh?llskunskap
drwxr-xr-x 4 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Svenska
drwxr-xr-x 2 per per 4096 2006-07-08 20:17 Tyska

ACTUAL -
Here is the output in Java under Linux:

`java Main /mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet`
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Desktop.ini ; false ; May 19, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Tyska ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Svenska ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Samh�llskunskap ; false ; Jan 1, 1970
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Religionskunskap ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Programmering ; true ; Dec 17, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Naturvetenskap ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Mattematik ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Kemi ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Idrott ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Historia ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/F�retagsekonomi ; false ; Jan 1, 1970
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Fysik ; true ; Dec 17, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Engelska ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Datorkunksap ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Biologi ; true ; Jul 8, 2006
/mnt/base/Privat/Skola/Gymnasiet/Aktiekunskap ; true ; Jul 8, 2006

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class Main
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        File file = new File(args[0]);
        File[] children = file.listFiles();
        DateFormat format = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
        for(File child : children)
        {
            System.out.println(child.getAbsolutePath() + " ;\t " +
                        child.isDirectory() + " ;\t " +
                        format.format(new Date(child.lastModified()))
            );
        }
    }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------