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Bouiaw commented on MCLEAN-32: ------------------------------ It seems to be linked with number AND the size of the data to clean. I don't know if it load in memory all the content to delete, but try to copy a large amount of data in target, and run mvn clean ... > Out of Memory Error cleaning target directory with *large* number of > sub-directories > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MCLEAN-32 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCLEAN-32 > Project: Maven 2.x Clean Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.2 > Environment: maven-2.0.8, solaris, jdk 1.6.0_05 > Reporter: Ryan Sonnek > Priority: Critical > Attachments: output.txt > > > running mvn clean on a target directory with a *large* number of sub > directories causes an OutOfMemoryError. The plexus DirectoryScanner seems to > be the major culprit from the stacktrace. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira