"julien(a)jboss.com" wrote : | for point 2/ : what would be the behavior ? follow the link or skip it ? If we follow the links we could get into an infinite loop situation. For example /a1/ /a1/b1 -> /a1/ [b1 links back to a1] The other issue is how can this test be integrated into the testsuite? I don't believe Windows has the concept of links (although I could be wrong) I also think I need to look a bit more into how java handles symlinks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4045010#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...