java.io.File compatibility problem.

Sat Oct 18 15:05:00 GMT 2003

Thanks, I have just tried on Linux and it does work.
Can someone on windows try it? Is there a single person in charge of libgcj on 
windows? Or a hint on how I can circumvent this problem?
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From: Michael Koch <konqueror at gmx dot de>
> With normal (Sun) java, a File("") object will return a canonicalPath of the
> current directory.
>> With gcj java, this returns a "java.io.IOException: GetFullPathName failed"

> Is this normal? It is causing compatibility problems when compiling 
SWT/JFace
> apps (and probably others..)
>> Tested on Windows with gcj 3.3.1, and gcj version 3.4 20031006 
(experimental).
This works on linux (2.4.21). Seems to be a Windows specific problem.