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+/*
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+
+package jdk.jfr.api.recording.destination;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingFile;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.CommonHelper;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.FileHelper;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.VoidFunction;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test setDestination to read-only dir
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.recording.destination.TestDestReadOnly
+ */
+public class TestDestReadOnly {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        Path readOnlyDir = FileHelper.createReadOnlyDir(Paths.get(".", "readonly"));
+        if (!FileHelper.isReadOnlyPath(readOnlyDir)) {
+            System.out.println("Failed to create read-only dir. Running as root?. Test ignored");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Path readOnlyDest = Paths.get(readOnlyDir.toString(), "readonly.jfr");
+        Recording r = new Recording();
+        r.enable(EventNames.OSInformation);
+        r.setToDisk(true);
+        verifyException(()->{r.setDestination(readOnlyDest);}, "No exception for setDestination to read-only dir");
+
+        System.out.println("r.getDestination() = " + r.getDestination());
+
+        // Verify that it works if we set destination to a writable dir.
+        Path dest = Paths.get(".", "my.jfr");
+        r.setDestination(dest);
+        r.start();
+        r.stop();
+        r.close();
+        Asserts.assertTrue(Files.exists(dest), "No recording file: " + dest);
+        List<RecordedEvent> events = RecordingFile.readAllEvents(dest);
+        Asserts.assertFalse(events.isEmpty(), "No event found");
+        System.out.printf("Found event %s in %s%n", events.get(0).getEventType().getName(), dest.toString());
+    }
+
+    private static void verifyException(VoidFunction f, String msg) throws Throwable {
+        CommonHelper.verifyException(f, msg, IOException.class);
+    }
+
+}