diff --git a/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceArchiveBaseTest.java b/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceArchiveBaseTest.java
index 61577561c04..c95448e97ee 100644
--- a/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceArchiveBaseTest.java
+++ b/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceArchiveBaseTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  * Johnson Ma (Wind River) - [195402] Extracted from FileServiceArchiveTest
+ * Xuan Chen (IBM) [333874] - Added more logging code to track junit failure
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.rse.tests.subsystems.files;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import org.eclipse.core.filesystem.IFileStore;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IWorkspace;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.NullProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.model.ISystemResourceSet;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.model.SystemRemoteResourceSet;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.model.SystemWorkspaceResourceSet;
@@ -920,8 +922,10 @@ public abstract class FileServiceArchiveBaseTest extends FileServiceBaseTest {
 
 		//now, verify the content of the local file
 		IFileStore localFile = temp.getChild(fileContentToVerifyName1);
+		File actualFile = localFile.toLocalFile(EFS.NONE, new NullProgressMonitor());
+		assertTrue("The file does not exist", actualFile.exists());
 		//Check the content of the download file:
-		boolean sameContent = compareContent(getContents(fileContentString1), localFile.openInputStream(EFS.NONE, null));
+		boolean sameContent = compareContent1(getContents(fileContentString1), localFile.openInputStream(EFS.NONE, null));
 		assertTrue(sameContent);
 
 
diff --git a/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceBaseTest.java b/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceBaseTest.java
index c4ca7df24d6..bc00afbc800 100644
--- a/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceBaseTest.java
+++ b/rse/tests/org.eclipse.rse.tests/src/org/eclipse/rse/tests/subsystems/files/FileServiceBaseTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  *   - <copied code from org.eclipse.core.tests.harness/CoreTest (C) IBM>
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [195402] Add constructor with test name
  * David Dykstal (IBM) [230821] fix IRemoteFileSubSystem API to be consistent with IFileService
+ * Xuan Chen (IBM) [333874] - Added more logging code to track junit failure
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.rse.tests.subsystems.files;
 
@@ -338,6 +339,44 @@ public class FileServiceBaseTest extends RSEBaseConnectionTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * <copied code from org.eclipse.core.tests.resources/ResourceTest.java (C) IBM>
+	 *
+	 * Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the contents
+	 * of the given streams are considered to be equal. Closes both input streams.
+	 * @param a input stream a
+	 * @param b input stream b
+	 * @return if both stream are consider to be equal
+	 */
+	public boolean compareContent1(InputStream a, InputStream b) {
+		int c, d;
+		if (a == null && b == null)
+			return true;
+		try {
+			if (a == null || b == null)
+			{
+				fail("only one of the input stream is null");
+				return false;
+			}
+			while ((c = a.read()) == (d = b.read()) && (c != -1 && d != -1)) {
+				//body not needed
+			}
+			if (c == -1 && d == -1)
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+			String msg = "difference: c is " + c + " but d is " + d;
+			fail(msg);
+			return false;	
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			fail("IOException: " + e.getMessage());
+			return false;
+		} finally {
+			assertClose(a);
+			assertClose(b);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Copy the data from the input stream to the output stream.
 	 * Close both streams when finished.