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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by "Gavin M. Bell" <cu...@nextobjects.com> on 2000/10/19 23:29:45 UTC
Re: unable to delete file (EDIT QUESTION?)
you mean CAN'T be deleted, right!?
Peter Donald wrote:
> At 04:02 19/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Senthil -
> >
> >I ran into that too myself not 3 hours ago. I came to the conclusion that
> it depends upon how the dependencies has been set up i.e. if the file is in
> use by another task when the delete task gets executed it could be a
> problem. I noticed most of the clean up examples place that as the main
> entry point with a whole string f dependencies.
>
> kinda - it is a "feature" of windows OS. If there is a filedescriptor open
> that still points to jar then it **can**(?) be deleted. Which means somewhere
> in
> ant we are not closing a stream ....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
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Re: unable to delete file (EDIT QUESTION?)
Posted by Peter Donald <do...@mad.scientist.com>.
;)
yep
At 09:29 19/10/00 +0000, you wrote:
>you mean CAN'T be deleted, right!?
>
>Peter Donald wrote:
>
>> At 04:02 19/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Hi Senthil -
>> >
>> >I ran into that too myself not 3 hours ago. I came to the conclusion that
>> it depends upon how the dependencies has been set up i.e. if the file is in
>> use by another task when the delete task gets executed it could be a
>> problem. I noticed most of the clean up examples place that as the main
>> entry point with a whole string f dependencies.
>>
>> kinda - it is a "feature" of windows OS. If there is a filedescriptor open
>> that still points to jar then it **can**(?) be deleted. Which means
somewhere
>> in
>> ant we are not closing a stream ....
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> *------------------------------------------------------*
>> | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want |
>> | to test a man's character, give him power." |
>> | -Abraham Lincoln |
>> *------------------------------------------------------*
>
>--
>
>
>
> Gavin M. Bell (UNIX SEMPI)
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> *Skate/Snowboarder
> *Teacher
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> *Writer
> *Entrepreneur
> *Hacker
> *Programmer
> *System Administrator
> *Lover
> *All Around Groovy Cat:-)
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> gavin@6thcolumn.org
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>
>
Cheers,
Pete
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