that is what I was looking for!!!! thanks, Glen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:18 PM Subject: Re: deleting a file if it does or does not exist > You could set failonerror="false". > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glen Marchesani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:08 AM > Subject: deleting a file if it does or does not exist > > > Hello I have a newbie question, > > I want to delete a file (part of my clean task) but the file isn't > guaranteed to be there. I currently use > > <delete file="generated.jar"/> > > This only works if the file does exist if it doesn't I get an error > > "D:\foo\build.xml:295: Unable to delete file D:\foo\generated.jar" > > As a work around I did this. > > <delete> > <fileset dir="." includes="**/generated.jar.*"/> > </delete> > > > I am looking to learn of better ways to do the file deletion if it exists > and not fail if it doesn't. > > regards, > Glen > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
