Hi, > From: Steve Holdener [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 5:48 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: W2000 SP1 Delete of directory fails > > > Martin van Wieringen wrote: > > > When I have a build.xml file which creates the build > directory, compiles > > the classes to the build directory then put the .class file > on a jar file > > in the dist directory and at the end deletes the entire > build directory. It > > works fine however if I envoke the build two times after > each other then it > > W2000 seems to lock the build directory so that the second > build result in > > failure when it tries to recreate the directory. > > > I saw similar behavior on my W2000/SP2 box yesterday. I > closed all open > apps, and it still wouldn't delete the directory ("Access > Denied"), so I > rebooted.
Yes, well rebooting is a bit drastic. I found that if you simple wait like an hour or so leaving the directory alone then all of a sudden you can d elete it. > BTW, after Ant attempts to delete the directory, the dir > appears stuck > in some strange limbo state. It will show up in the explorer, but I > can't even select it without getting the error. IIRC, I was > not able to > see it from a command prompt. Sound exactly like the problem I am having. > I've not been able to reproduce this > today, but I'll let you know if I can get any more details. Yes, well I can give you some more details. It is guarenteed to happen if you call ant quickly several times after eachother. Also I suspect that ant is doing things to fast and that is why windows 2000 locks the directory. Perhaps if we would have ant wait for 2 seconds before deleting the dir windows 2000 would not lock it. Anyway which service Pack are you running with on windows 2000? Perhaps a new servicepack fixes this windows 2000 feature. Does anybody got any idea how to prevent windows 2000 from locking directories?. Greetings, Martin van Wieringen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
