holtdl 02/02/12 20:35:57
Modified: docs/manual/CoreTasks delete.html
Log:
Maybe this will help as well.
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--- delete.html 13 Feb 2002 03:51:58 -0000 1.12
+++ delete.html 13 Feb 2002 04:35:57 -0000 1.13
@@ -25,13 +25,20 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">file</td>
- <td valign="top">The file to delete.</td>
- <td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="2">At least one of the two,
unless a <code><fileset></code> is specified.</td>
+ <td valign="top">The file to delete, specified as either the simple
+ filename (if the file exists in the current base directory), a
+ relative-path filename, or a full-path filename.</td>
+ <td align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="2">At least one of the two,
+ unless a <code><fileset></code> is specified.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">dir</td>
<td valign="top">The directory to delete, including all its files and
- subdirectories. <b>WARNING:</b> Do <b>not</b> set <code>dir</code> to
+ subdirectories.<br>
+ <b>Note:</b> <code>dir</code> is <em>not</em> used
+ to specify a directory name for <code>file</code>; <code>file</code>
+ and <code>dir</code> are independent of each other.<br>
+ <b>WARNING:</b> Do <b>not</b> set <code>dir</code> to
<code>"."</code>, <code>"${basedir}"</code>,
or the full-pathname equivalent unless you truly <em>intend</em> to
recursively remove the entire contents of the current base directory
@@ -46,8 +53,8 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">quiet</td>
- <td valign="top">If the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic
- message (unless Ant
+ <td valign="top">If the specified file or directory does not exist,
+ do not display a diagnostic message (unless Ant
has been invoked with the <code>‑verbose</code> or
<code>‑debug</code> switches) or modify the exit status to
reflect an error.
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