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Java's File.renameTo fails on Windows

February 2nd, 2010
I had a problem with renaming a properties file. Java's File.renameTo() always failed and returned false. There was no explanation as to why it failed, so it left me stuck with no idea what to do. Windows has a different file locking policy to Unix (a… more »
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