Sibon Barman wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have the following target in my build script:
> <target name="real-clean">
> <delete dir="${classes.dir}" />
> <delete dir="${lib.dir}" />
> <delete dir="${javadocs.dir}" />
> <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
> <mkdir dir="${lib.dir}" />
> <mkdir dir="${javadocs.dir}" />
> </target>
>
> But once in a while it is not successful in creating all 3 directories.
> Sometimes it works --- sometimes it doesn't. Can somebody help me with this
> unpredictable problem? This error also occurs when I am in the lib.dir or
> classes.dir from Windows Explorer and the ant script tries to delete them
> and create them ---- could that be the problem?
If there is any process that has an "open" handle on the directory you are
trying to delete or create, the <delete> and <mkdir> tasks will fail. I used
to have this problem a lot when I was testing builds on my WinNT box. The
upshot is, never have Explorer open on any directory you are working with in
your build. Its safer that way.
>
>
> My second question is how can I delete everything underneath classes.dir
> with removing the classes.dir?
I'm assuming you mean "without" removing classes.dir:
<delete>
<fileset dir="${classes.dir}" />
</delete>
Glenn McAllister
