[IO-741] FileUtils.listFiles does not list matching files if File

Gary Gregory · Gary Gregory · commit 5a0096d9b8f2 · 2021-06-30T10:01:29.000-04:00
parameter is a symbolic link.
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -47,15 +47,18 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
   <body>
     <release version="2.11.0" date="2021-MM-DD" description="Java 8 required.">
       <!-- FIX -->
-      <action dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Arturo Bernal">
-        Minor changes #243.
+      <action issue="IO-741" dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Zach Sherman">
+        FileUtils.listFiles does not list matching files if File parameter is a symbolic link.
       </action>
       <action issue="IO-724" dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="liran2000">
         FileUtils#deleteDirectory(File) exception Javadoc inaccurate update #245.
       </action>
+      <action dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Arturo Bernal">
+        Minor changes #243.
+      </action>
       <!-- ADD -->
       <action dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="Gary Gregory">
-        Add SymbolicLinkFileFilter. 
+        Add SymbolicLinkFileFilter.
       </action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="trncate">
         Add test to make sure the setter of AndFileFilter works correctly #244.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException;
 import java.nio.file.CopyOption;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitOption;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
 import java.nio.file.NotDirectoryException;
@@ -2967,7 +2968,8 @@ public static Stream<File> streamFiles(final File directory, final boolean recur
         throws IOException {
         final IOFileFilter filter = extensions == null ? FileFileFilter.INSTANCE
             : FileFileFilter.INSTANCE.and(new SuffixFileFilter(toSuffixes(extensions)));
-        return PathUtils.walk(directory.toPath(), filter, toMaxDepth(recursive), false).map(Path::toFile);
+        return PathUtils.walk(directory.toPath(), filter, toMaxDepth(recursive), false, FileVisitOption.FOLLOW_LINKS)
+            .map(Path::toFile);
     }
 
     /**
