TrueVFS net.java.truevfs.access.TFile.TFile.rm() is unable to remove the file

Question

TrueVFS is unable to remove the file after unmount and throws the following exception.

    java.nio.file.DirectoryNotEmptyException: tar:file:/D:/tmp/0554de32-5a95-4b58-a05d-d12effa68abc.tar!/
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.ArchiveFileSystem.unlink(ArchiveFileSystem.scala:326)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.BasicArchiveController.unlink(BasicArchiveController.scala:222)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.DefaultManager$BackController.net$java$truevfs$kernel$impl$CacheController$$super$unlink(DefaultManager.scala:39)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.CacheController$class.unlink(CacheController.scala:105)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.DefaultManager$BackController.net$java$truevfs$kernel$impl$SyncController$$super$unlink(DefaultManager.scala:39)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.SyncController$$anonfun$unlink$1.apply$mcV$sp(SyncController.scala:100)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.SyncController$$anonfun$unlink$1.apply(SyncController.scala:98)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.SyncController$$anonfun$unlink$1.apply(SyncController.scala:98)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.SyncController$class.net$java$truevfs$kernel$impl$SyncController$$apply(SyncController.scala:119)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.SyncController$class.unlink(SyncController.scala:98)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.DefaultManager$BackController.net$java$truevfs$kernel$impl$LockController$$super$unlink(DefaultManager.scala:39)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.LockController$$anonfun$unlink$1.apply$mcV$sp(LockController.scala:92)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.LockController$$anonfun$unlink$1.apply(LockController.scala:92)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.LockController$$anonfun$unlink$1.apply(LockController.scala:92)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.LockingStrategy.apply(LockingStrategy.scala:84)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.LockController$class.unlink(LockController.scala:92)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.DefaultManager$BackController.unlink(DefaultManager.scala:39)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.ArchiveControllerAdapter.unlink(ArchiveControllerAdapter.scala:35)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.spec.FsDecoratingController.unlink(FsDecoratingController.java:111)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.FalsePositiveArchiveController$$anonfun$1.apply(FalsePositiveArchiveController.scala:132)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.FalsePositiveArchiveController$$anonfun$1.apply(FalsePositiveArchiveController.scala:131)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.FalsePositiveArchiveController$TryChild$.apply(FalsePositiveArchiveController.scala:195)
    at net.java.truevfs.kernel.impl.FalsePositiveArchiveController.unlink(FalsePositiveArchiveController.scala:143)
    at net.java.truevfs.access.TFile.rm(TFile.java:2216)
    at net.java.truevfs.access.TFile.rm(TFile.java:2195

The tar file is successfully created, so no issues with that.

Here is what I am doing.

1. Configure the True VFS

   TConfig config = TConfig.current(); config.setArchiveDetector(new TArchiveDetector("tar", new TarDriver()));

2. Create the tar

3. Unmount the tar

   TVFS.umount(tarFile);

   convert into bytes and send it.

4. Remove the file

   tarFile.rm()

I also tried tarFile.rm_r() and plain java.io.File.delete(). But none of them are working.

Can some one please advice me what went wrong? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

TrueVFS abstracts the TAR file into a virtual directory, so you can only remove it if it's empty. To recursively remove a (virtual) directory with all its members, just call TFile.rm_r(). You said you tried that, but maybe there was a side effect of your previous attempts, so I suggest to repeat it and see how far it gets you.