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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.recording.destination;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.FileHelper;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Set destination to a read-only file. Expects exception.
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.recording.destination.TestDestFileReadOnly
+ */
+public class TestDestFileReadOnly {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        Path dest = FileHelper.createReadOnlyFile(Paths.get(".", "readonly.txt"));
+        System.out.println("dest=" + dest.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
+        if (!FileHelper.isReadOnlyPath(dest)) {
+            System.out.println("Failed to create a read-only file. Test ignored.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Recording r = new Recording();
+        r.setToDisk(true);
+        try {
+            r.setDestination(dest);
+            Asserts.fail("No exception when destination is read-only");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // Expected exception
+        }
+        r.close();
+    }
+
+}