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Bug 511298

Summary:	JAR file handle kept open
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Frank Benoit <frank.rene.benoit>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	JDT-Core-Inbox <jdt-core-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	loskutov
Version:	4.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Frank Benoit

2017-01-30 06:56:04 EST

I have a project, that includes a .jar file.
And I have a tool, that re-creates this jar file. Hence it needs to delete the existing one and replace it with the new.

But sometimes, Eclipse keeps the file handle to the jar file open, so the tool is blocked. Then the handle just stays open. Even closing/reopening the Java project does not close the handle.
With the plugin Infinitest, this gets worse. But I saw this behavior also with Infinitest de-installed.

Could someone check, that the handle is closed properly after reading from it?

Comment 1 Andrey Loskutov

2017-01-30 16:50:07 EST

Don't beat me if I'm wrong, last time I've struggled with open file descriptors it was the indexer who kept them open for a while. Is this still the case may be?

Comment 2 Eclipse Genie

2019-09-11 12:56:16 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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