Wouldn't it be just as easy to use
<mkdir dir="${test.data.dir}"/>
before the <junit> task?
A lot of tasks in ant would probably fail if a directory doesn't exist, not just this
one.
Mitchell Ackermann
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephane Bailliez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:35 AM
Subject: RE: junit.batchtest directory existence check
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Matthew Pryor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> <junit printsummary="yes" haltonfailure="no"
> dir="${test.data.dir}">
[...]
> and the directory ${test.data.dir} does not exist, the build
> fails with a very obscure Win32 can't create process error
[...]
> Anyway this is probably at least half a feature request, but
> a simple one I guess.
I'm mixed on the need to 'check' even though this is simple, otherwise we
end up checking everything.
I would say that just like you would do it in Java it's part of the
preconditions.
Stephane
