Hi Stefan, I tried to debug my problem with small example. It seems something has changed in "copy" target with ant1.8.0. We change permission of destination file after copy. With ant-1.7.1 copy target copied the source file if source file is newer than destination file but with ant-1.8.0 copy target failed.
My small build.xml is ============== /u/kumari/ant> less less build.xml <project> <target name="install_scripts"> <copy file="${basedir}/myfile.txt" tofile="/u/kumari/myfile.txt"/> <chmod file="/u/kumari/myfile.txt" perm="555"/> </target> </project> ================ Result with ant1.7.1 ================= /u/kumari/ant> /apache/ant-1.7.1/bin/ant install_scripts Buildfile: build.xml install_scripts: [copy] Copying 1 file to /u/kumari BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds /u/kumari> ls -alh myfile.txt -r-xr-xr-x 1 kumari kumari 0 May 7 04:33 myfile.txt /u/kumari/ant> touch myfile.txt /u/kumari/ant> ls -alh myfile.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 kumari kumari 0 May 7 04:35 myfile.txt /u/kumari/ant> /apache/ant-1.7.1/bin/ant install_scripts Buildfile: build.xml install_scripts: [copy] Copying 1 file to /u/kumari BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds /u/kumari> ls -alh myfile.txt -r-xr-xr-x 1 kumari kumari 0 May 7 04:35 myfile.txt ========================= Result with ant-1.8.0 ==================== /u/kumari> ls -alh myfile.txt myfile.txt: No such file or directory kum...@invest2.nyc:/u/kumari/ant> /apache/ant-1.8.0/bin/ant install_scripts Buildfile: /u/kumari/ant/build.xml install_scripts: [copy] Copying 1 file to /u/kumari BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds /u/kumari> ls -alh myfile.txt -r-xr-xr-x 1 kumari kumari 0 May 7 04:40 myfile.txt /u/kumari/ant> touch myfile.txt /u/kumari/ant> ls -alh myfile.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 kumari kumari 0 May 7 04:41 myfile.txt /u/kumari/ant> /apache/ant-1.8.0/bin/ant install_scripts Buildfile: /u/kumari/ant/build.xml install_scripts: [copy] Copying 1 file to /u/kumari BUILD FAILED /u/kumari/ant/build.xml:5: Failed to copy /u/kumari/ant/myfile.txt to /u/kumari/myfile.txt due to java.io.FileNotFoundException /u/kumari/myfile.txt (Permission denied) Total time: 0 seconds /u/kumari/ant> /u/kumari> ls -alh myfile.txt myfile.txt: No such file or directory Stefan Bodewig wrote: > > On 2010-04-08, SHAILJA <shalja.ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When I use ant1.8.0, it gives error like this > >> Failed to copy /u/kumari/main/shailja/src/java/a/jsh/mm/script/run_m.pl >> to >> /u/kumari/main/base/bin/share/run_m.pl due to >> java.io.FileNotFoundException >> /u/kumari/main/shailja/bin/share/run_m.pl (Permission denied) > >> But I have file /u/kumari/main/shailja/src/java/a/jsh/mm/script/run_m.pl >> with correct permission. > > The error is about /u/kumari/main/shailja/bin/share/run_m.pl not the > file you mention. Could there be a symbolic link somewhere that Ant > tries to traverse but can't? > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Ant1.8-copy-task-gives-error-%22Failed-to-copy%22-with-%22Permission-denied%22-tp28179282p28483682.html Sent from the Ant - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org