Infinite Loop with NTFS junctions

On some Windows servers I’m experiencing an infinite loop:

c:\Documents and Settings\WINDOWS_ACCOUNT_HERE\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5

or

c:\Users\XXXXXX\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data.…

This is my workaround:

	private boolean isExcludedDirectory(String path) {
		if (isWindows && path.toUpperCase().indexOf("$RECYCLE.BIN") == 3)
			return true;

		//Infinite loop on some systems
		if (isWindows && path.toUpperCase().endsWith("\\APPLICATION DATA\\APPLICATION DATA"))
			return true;

		return (path.equals("/proc") || path.startsWith("/proc/")) || (path.equals("/sys") || path.startsWith("/sys/"))
				|| (path.equals("/dev") || path.startsWith("/dev/")) || (path.equals("/run") || path.startsWith("/run/"))
				|| (path.equals("/var/run") || path.startsWith("/var/run/"));
	}

[IanSJones]

Update - there is an official update out that avoids this “ReparsePoint” - better to use that than the fix above.

[IanSJones]

yeh - we’re just compiling an exe and will be running this against our 8,000 servers