Could be a couple of simple causes which I've discovered by beating my head
against a wall:
1. Command prompt window open with the current directory == ${archive} (or
one of its subdirs)
2. Windows explorer open and the currently selected folder == ${archive}
Point 2 doesn't seem to happen consistently, but it does happen to me
occasionally.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: Delete fails...
> I've the following ANT script:
>
> <project name="Junit install" default="install" basedir=".">
> <property name="archive" value="junit3.5"/>
> <property name="archivetype" value="zip"/>
>
> <target name="prepare">
> <available file="is.installed" property="is.installed" />
> </target>
>
> <target name="install" depends="prepare" unless="is.installed">
> <unzip src="${archive}.${archivetype}" dest="."/>
> <touch file="is.installed" />
> </target>
>
> <target name="clean">
> <delete dir="${archive}"/>
> <delete file="is.installed"/>
> </target>
> </project>
>
>
> I'm getting the following result:
>
> Buildfile: build.xml
>
> clean:
> [delete] Deleting directory
C:\data\Source\CMS\ThirdParty\junit\junit3.5
>
> BUILD FAILED
>
> C:\data\Source\CMS\ThirdParty\junit\build.xml:15: Unable to delete file
> C:\data\Source\CMS\ThirdParty\junit\junit3.5\junit.jar
>
>
> ATTRIB shows that the file is not readonly:
> C:\data\Source\CMS\ThirdParty\junit>attrib junit3.5\*
> C:\data\Source\CMS\ThirdParty\junit\junit3.5\junit.jar
> A C:\data\Source\CMS\ThirdParty\junit\junit3.5\README.html
> A C:\data\Source\CMS\ThirdParty\junit\junit3.5\src.jar
>
> This seems to work fine on Linux, and fail on Windows 2000. Any ideas?
>
>
