test/java/io/pathNames/General.java

*** 1,7 ****
  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.
--- 1,7 ----
  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 1998, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.
*** 38,47 ****
--- 38,48 ----
      private static boolean win32 = (File.separatorChar == '\\');
  
      private static int gensymCounter = 0;
  
      protected static final String userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
+     private static final Path userDirPath = Paths.get(userDir).toAbsolutePath();
  
      protected static String baseDir = null;
      protected static String relative = null;
  
      /* Generate a filename unique to this run */
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--- 336,349 ----
      /** Check name cases for the given ask string */
      public static void checkNames(int depth, boolean create,
                                    String ans, String ask)
          throws Exception
      {
+         if (!Paths.get(ans).toAbsolutePath().startsWith(userDirPath)) {
+             return;
+         }
+ 
          int d = depth - 1;
          File f = new File(ans);
          String n;
  
          /* Normal name */