Java 1.8 benefits from absolute path

Author: scivision

+stdlib/+java/device.m

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 function i = device(file)
 
 opt = java.nio.file.LinkOption.values();
-p = javaPathObject(file);
-i = java.nio.file.Files.getAttribute(p, 'unix:dev', opt);
+
+jp = javaPathObject(stdlib.absolute(file));
+% Java 1.8 benefits from the absolute() for stability
+% seen on older Matlab versions on HPC
+
+i = java.nio.file.Files.getAttribute(jp, 'unix:dev', opt);
 
 i = uint64(i);
 end

+stdlib/+java/get_owner.m

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 n = "";
 if ~strlength(file), return, end
 
+file = stdlib.absolute(file);
+% Java 1.8 benefits from absolute.
+% We only saw this issue with R2025a on windows-2025 GA runner image.
+
 try %#ok<TRYNC>
   opt = java.nio.file.LinkOption.values();
   n = string(java.nio.file.Files.getOwner(javaPathObject(file), opt));

+stdlib/+java/inode.m

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-function i = inode(p)
+function i = inode(file)
 
 opt = java.nio.file.LinkOption.values();
 
-jp = javaPathObject(stdlib.absolute(p));
+jp = javaPathObject(stdlib.absolute(file));
 % Java 1.8 benefits from the absolute() for stability--it's not an issue
 % on every computer.