diff -r 980a667baa29 -r d4e9cfa1e8ac langtools/test/com/sun/javadoc/testSourceTab/TestSourceTab.java
--- a/langtools/test/com/sun/javadoc/testSourceTab/TestSourceTab.java	Mon Dec 01 12:15:14 2008 -0800
+++ b/langtools/test/com/sun/javadoc/testSourceTab/TestSourceTab.java	Tue Dec 02 14:35:22 2008 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* 
- * Copyright 2002-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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
@@ -33,59 +33,102 @@
  * @run main TestSourceTab
  */
 
+import java.io.*;
+
 public class TestSourceTab extends JavadocTester {
-    
+
     private static final String BUG_ID = "4510979";
+    private static final String TMP_SRC_DIR = "tmpSrc";
     private static final String OUTPUT_DIR1 = BUG_ID + "-tabLengthEight";
     private static final String OUTPUT_DIR2 = BUG_ID + "-tabLengthFour";
     private static final String[][] TEST = NO_TEST;
     private static final String[][] NEGATED_TEST = NO_TEST;
-    
+
     //Run Javadoc on a source file with that is indented with a single tab per line
     private static final String[] ARGS1 =
         new String[] {
-            "-d", OUTPUT_DIR1, "-sourcepath", SRC_DIR,
-            "-notimestamp", "-linksource", SRC_DIR + FS + "SingleTab" + FS + "C.java"
+            "-d", OUTPUT_DIR1, "-sourcepath", TMP_SRC_DIR,
+            "-notimestamp", "-linksource", TMP_SRC_DIR + FS + "SingleTab" + FS + "C.java"
         };
-    
+
     //Run Javadoc on a source file with that is indented with a two tab per line
     //If we double the tabs and decrease the tab length by a half, the output should
     //be the same as the one generated above.
     private static final String[] ARGS2 =
         new String[] {
-            "-d", OUTPUT_DIR2, "-sourcepath", SRC_DIR,
-            "-notimestamp", "-sourcetab", "4", SRC_DIR + FS + "DoubleTab" + FS + "C.java"
+            "-d", OUTPUT_DIR2, "-sourcepath", TMP_SRC_DIR,
+            "-notimestamp", "-sourcetab", "4", TMP_SRC_DIR + FS + "DoubleTab" + FS + "C.java"
         };
-    
+
     //Files to diff
     private static final String[][] FILES_TO_DIFF = {
         {OUTPUT_DIR1 + FS + "src-html" + FS + "C.html",
          OUTPUT_DIR2 + FS + "src-html" + FS + "C.html"
-        }, 
+        },
         {OUTPUT_DIR1 + FS + "C.html",
          OUTPUT_DIR2 + FS + "C.html"
         }
-        
+
     };
-    
+
     /**
      * The entry point of the test.
      * @param args the array of command line arguments.
      */
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         TestSourceTab tester = new TestSourceTab();
         run(tester, ARGS1, TEST, NEGATED_TEST);
         run(tester, ARGS2, TEST, NEGATED_TEST);
         tester.runDiffs(FILES_TO_DIFF);
     }
-    
+
+    TestSourceTab() throws IOException {
+        initTabs(new File(SRC_DIR), new File(TMP_SRC_DIR));
+    }
+
+    void initTabs(File from, File to) throws IOException {
+        for (File f: from.listFiles()) {
+            File t = new File(to, f.getName());
+            if (f.isDirectory()) {
+                initTabs(f, t);
+            } else if (f.getName().endsWith(".java")) {
+                write(t, read(f).replace("\\t", "\t"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    String read(File f) throws IOException {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f));
+        try {
+            String line;
+            while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
+                sb.append(line);
+                sb.append("\n");
+            }
+        } finally {
+            in.close();
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    void write(File f, String s) throws IOException {
+        f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        Writer out = new FileWriter(f);
+        try {
+            out.write(s);
+        } finally {
+            out.close();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public String getBugId() {
         return BUG_ID;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */