Erik, You rock like Slayer.
Using Delete.java as a guideline...my attribDelete.java was point and click. I needed to add only the if (f.canWrite()) to that part of removeFiles() and log those that I did not delete as confirmation. Works GREAT. My only remaining question... Shouldn't the Delete task operate like this by default? Or, at least have a delete attribute supported like "don't_delete_read_only_files=true". Thanks again Erik. -- Tim Walker Senior Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freshwater Software 303-443-2266 ex. 6505 Looking for Answers to your SiteScope or SiteSeer questions? http://www.freshwater.com/support/search.htm -----Original Message----- From: Erik Hatcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:41 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Delete and File Properties ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hmmm...thanks...a better question, I guess, is... > > Is the documentation: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/ > > Acceptable for something as fundamental as this ? Trying to implement a task based solely on this > documentation led me to these assumptions. Well, in all fairness, the documentation is geared primarily towards Ant users. The best source of information on how to develop Ant tasks will always be, well, Ant's own source code. And the answers to the setter and TaskContainer issues were on the developing page: http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/develop.html#writingowntask Granted there is lots of room for improvement there. But.... > I'll have to track down a good reference. Any come to mind ? Why yes, and I'm glad you asked! :) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1930110588 We have one chapter dedicated to writing custom tasks, and another that has info on writing custom selectors, FilterReaders, mappers, listeners, and loggers. At some point our publisher will post some chapters online at http://www.manning.com/antbook/ but they aren't there yet - and I haven't a clue which ones will be made available for free as samples. Proofreader is reading our stuff now, so we are well on our way to having it in print soon. Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
