Bug 69782
Eclipse doesn't automatically discover the inability to write a "configuration" directory to the start-up (program) directory
diff --git a/platform/org.eclipse.platform/src/org/eclipse/core/launcher/Main.java b/platform/org.eclipse.platform/src/org/eclipse/core/launcher/Main.java
index bfdb440..ec5c373 100644
--- a/platform/org.eclipse.platform/src/org/eclipse/core/launcher/Main.java
+++ b/platform/org.eclipse.platform/src/org/eclipse/core/launcher/Main.java
@@ -592,13 +592,33 @@
// TODO a little dangerous here. Basically we have to assume that it is a file URL.
if (install.getProtocol().equals("file")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
File installDir = new File(install.getFile());
- if (installDir.canWrite())
+ if (canWrite(installDir))
return installDir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + CONFIG_DIR;
}
// We can't write in the eclipse install dir so try for some place in the user's home dir
return computeDefaultUserAreaLocation(CONFIG_DIR);
}
+ private static boolean canWrite(File installDir) {
+ if (installDir.canWrite() == false)
+ return false;
+
+ if (!installDir.isDirectory())
+ return false;
+
+ File fileTest = null;
+ try {
+ fileTest = File.createTempFile("writtableArea", null, installDir); //$NON-NLS-1$
+ } catch (IOException e) {
+ //If an exception occured while trying to create the file, it means that it is not writtable
+ return false;
+ } finally {
+ if (fileTest != null)
+ fileTest.delete();
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+
/**
* Returns a files system path for an area in the user.home region related to the
* current product. The given appendage is added to this base location
