Steve Loughran schrieb am 16.06.2009 um 16:47:55 (+0100): > Michael Ludwig wrote:
> >Okay, so you were talking about Java limitations in general, not Java > >limitations within the context of an Ant extension? > > exactly. Thanks for clarifying. > >What you're saying about permissions reminds me of my initial post to > >this list after discovering that the <delete/> task on Windows will > >recursively and unconditionally remove directories - even when > >they're write-protected. > > I suspect permissions in Windows are not what you think they are; that > write protect probably stops you adding stuff inside a directory, not > deleting it from above. It doesn't stop me adding stuff inside it; it stops me removing the directory. You're partially right, though: I can recursively delete a directory *containing* the write-protected directory, and it does not trigger a prompt asking "rm: remove write-protected directory `xxx/yyy'?" as on Linux. It simply and recursively removes the whole tree, never mind about dispensable write-protection. Ant, however, goes one step further: It will remove a write-protected file, which will not work using Windows tools without force, and it will even recursively remove a write-protected directory. That's not at all intuitive, and I think you could argue it could be quite harmful. Michael Ludwig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
