Summary

Print out warning message when user specified java.io.tmpdir does not exist

Problem

When the directory of java.io.tmpdir is used as a file directory, but it is not set properly, the java.io.IOException is thrown with a generic error message of " No such file or directory". This message would not be able to give a hint to the developer about the configuration of java.io.tmpdir. See JDK-8290313.

Solution

Add a static block of the code in the inner class TempDirectory of java.io.File.java and TempFileHelper.java. It will print out an error message when java.io.tmpdir is not a valid directory.

Specification

static block of the code inside inner class TempDirectory in File.java

 // print out the error message for java.io.tmpdir setting
        static {
            if (tmpdir.isInvalid() || !fs.hasBooleanAttributes(tmpdir, FileSystem.BA_DIRECTORY)) {
                System.err.println("WARNING: java.io.tmpdir location does not exist");
            }
        }

static block of the code inside class java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.java

  // print out the error message for java.io.tmpdir setting
    static {
        if (!Files.isDirectory(tmpdir)) {
            System.err.println("WARNING: java.io.tmpdir location does not exist");
        }
    }