--- old/test/java/io/File/Basic.java	2017-06-14 23:18:01.237572017 -0700
+++ new/test/java/io/File/Basic.java	2017-06-14 23:18:01.019681014 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2017, 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
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
  */
 
 /* @test
-   @bug 4165666 4203706 4288670 4290024
-   @summary Basic heartbeat test for File methods that access the filesystem
-
-   @build Basic Util
-   @run shell basic.sh
+ * @bug 4165666 4203706 4288670 4290024
+ * @summary Basic heartbeat test for File methods that access the filesystem
+ * @build Basic Util
+ * @run main/othervm Basic
  */
 
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@
 
     static PrintStream out = System.err;
 
-    static File nonExistantFile = new File("x.Basic.non");
     static File rwFile = new File("x.Basic.rw");
     static File bigFile = new File("x.Basic.big");
     static File roFile = new File("x.Basic.ro");
     static File thisDir = new File(".");
     static File dir = new File("x.Basic.dir");
+    static File dir2 = new File("x.Basic.dir2");
     static File nonDir = new File("x.Basic.nonDir");
+    static byte bytes[] = new byte[] {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};
 
     static void showBoolean(String what, boolean value) {
         out.println("  " + what + ": " + value);
@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@
         if (!f.canRead()) fail(f, "is not readable");
         if (!Util.isPrivileged() && f.canWrite() != writeable)
             fail(f, writeable ? "is not writeable" : "is writeable");
-        int rwLen = 6;
         if (f.length() != length) fail(f, "has wrong length");
     }
 
@@ -83,16 +83,34 @@
         throw new Exception(f + " " + why);
     }
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    static void setup() throws Exception {
+        rwFile.delete();
+        bigFile.delete();
+        roFile.delete();
+        thisDir.delete();
+        dir.delete();
+        dir2.delete();
+        nonDir.delete();
+
+        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(rwFile)) {
+            fos.write(bytes);
+        }
+
+        roFile.createNewFile();
+        roFile.setReadOnly();
+
+        dir.mkdir();
+    }
 
-        show(nonExistantFile);
-        if (nonExistantFile.exists()) fail(nonExistantFile, "exists");
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        setup();
 
         show(rwFile);
-        testFile(rwFile, true, 6);
+        testFile(rwFile, true, bytes.length);
         rwFile.delete();
-        if (rwFile.exists())
+        if (rwFile.exists()) {
             fail(rwFile, "could not delete");
+        }
 
         show(roFile);
         testFile(roFile, false, 0);
@@ -106,20 +124,25 @@
         String[] fs = thisDir.list();
         if (fs == null) fail(thisDir, "list() returned null");
         out.print("  [" + fs.length + "]");
-        for (int i = 0; i < fs.length; i++)
+        for (int i = 0; i < fs.length; i++) {
             out.print(" " + fs[i]);
+        }
         out.println();
         if (fs.length == 0) fail(thisDir, "is empty");
 
-        if (!nonExistantFile.createNewFile())
-            fail(nonExistantFile, "could not create");
-        nonExistantFile.deleteOnExit();
-
-        if (!nonDir.mkdir())
+        if (!nonDir.mkdir()) {
             fail(nonDir, "could not create");
+        }
+        if (!nonDir.exists() || !nonDir.isDirectory()) {
+            fail(nonDir, "not created");
+        }
 
-        if (!dir.renameTo(new File("x.Basic.dir2")))
+        if (!dir.renameTo(dir2)) {
             fail(dir, "failed to rename");
+        }
+        if (dir.exists() || !dir2.exists() || !dir2.isDirectory()) {
+            fail(dir, "not renamed");
+        }
 
         if (System.getProperty("os.name").equals("SunOS")
             && System.getProperty("os.version").compareTo("5.6") >= 0) {