test/java/io/pathNames/General.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * 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.

@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@
     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 */

@@ -335,10 +336,14 @@
     /** 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 */