problems with deltree and delete tasks

[Chris Newland <cn...@nortelnetworks.com>]

Hi,

I'm using Ant on a Windows NT system to checkout, build, and jar a
Java-based project. When I try and use the deltree or delete tasks to clean
up files that I dont need any more I get the error : build.xml:<line>:
unable to delete <file>.

All of the other tasks work fine.

The error only seems to occur when I try and delete files or directories
that I used in the classpath variable in a javac task.

Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a workaround?

Thanks,

Chris

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Re: problems with deltree and delete tasks

[Stefan Bodewig <bo...@bost.de>]

>>>>> "CN" == Chris Newland <cn...@nortelnetworks.com> writes:

 CN> build.xml:<line>: unable to delete <file>.

has the file been deleted?

Most probably another application is using that file or you are trying
to delete a directory while you have an application "inside" that
directory (a DOS box or an Explorer Window for example).

Stefan