Index: java/io/File.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/java/io/File.java,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -r1.46 File.java
--- java/io/File.java	7 May 2004 08:10:29 -0000	1.46
+++ java/io/File.java	17 May 2004 09:42:01 -0000
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import gnu.java.io.PlatformHelper;
 
@@ -62,6 +64,37 @@
  */
 public class File implements Serializable, Comparable
 {
+  static class DeleteFileHelper extends Thread
+  {
+    LinkedList filesToDelete = new LinkedList();
+
+    public DeleteFileHelper()
+    {
+      Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(this);
+    }
+
+    public void run()
+    {
+      Iterator it = filesToDelete.iterator();
+
+      while (it.hasNext())
+	{
+	  try
+	    {
+	      File file = (File) it.next();
+	      file.delete();
+	    }
+	  catch (Exception e)
+	    {
+	      // Do nothing here.
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static final DeleteFileHelper deleteFileHelper =
+    new DeleteFileHelper();
+
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 301077366599181567L;
 
   /**
@@ -1180,12 +1213,7 @@
     if (sm != null)
       sm.checkDelete(path);
 
-    // Sounds like we need to do some VM specific stuff here. We could delete
-    // the file in finalize() and set FinalizeOnExit to true, but delete on
-    // finalize != delete on exit and we should not be setting up system
-    // parameters without the user's knowledge.
-    // FIXME: ********IMPLEMENT ME!!!!!!***************
-    return;
+    deleteFileHelper.filesToDelete.add(this);
   }
 
   private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException