Author: bodewig Date: Thu Sep 4 06:20:19 2008 New Revision: 692003 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=692003&view=rev Log: re-generate site
Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html Modified: ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html?rev=692003&r1=692002&r2=692003&view=diff ============================================================================== --- ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html (original) +++ ant/core/trunk/docs/faq.html Thu Sep 4 06:20:19 2008 @@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ How can I delete everything beneath a particular directory, preserving the directory itself? </a></li> + <li><a href="#delete-directory-only-if-empty"> + How can I delete a particular directory, + if and only if it is empty? + </a></li> </ul> <h4 class="toc">It doesn't work (as expected)</h4> <ul> @@ -1167,6 +1171,22 @@ <fileset dir="dirtokeep" includes="**/*" /> </delete> </pre> + <p class="faq"> + <a name="delete-directory-only-if-empty"></a> + How can I delete a particular directory, + if and only if it is empty? + </p> + <p>Most users who go down this path have no problem figuring + out that + <code><delete includeemptydirs="true" /></code> will + help them. The seemingly tricky part is preserving the + non-empty directories, which Ant includes in the directory + scan. Fortunately the answer is simple:</p> + <pre class="code"> +<delete includeemptydirs="true"> + <fileset dir="dirtokeepifnotempty" excludes="**/*" /> +</delete> +</pre> <p class="faq"> <a name="general-advice"></a> General Advice