Tried it with this as sugested and it does the trick:
<delete includeEmptyDirs="true" failonerror="false">
<fileset dir="jsp" />
</delete>
Thanks all.
Rob
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08/01/2002 12:19:49
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Nick Cross wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I have a build script containing a delete task as follows:
> >
> > <delete includeEmptyDirs="true" >
> > <fileset dir="jsp" />
> > </delete>
> >
> > The intention is to delete the jsp directory in ${webinf}. If jsp is
there it gets deleted. Fine. But if it is not already there the build
fails
> > saying "blah\blah\jsp not found".
> >
> > It seems to me that the intention is to have the directory not exist
after the operation. So if it there then delete it, but if it is already
not
> > there, job done, no error.
> >
> > Should I be using a different syntax or is this task specified wrongly.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rob Worth
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> Try using the -quiet flag to the delete task.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick
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Hmmm, phrasing it properly it could be:
<delete includeEmptyDirs="true" quiet="true">
<fileset dir="jsp" />
</delete>
Cheers,
Nick
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