I just found this: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28046
It might be Ant who automatically added "./lib" to its CLASSPATH, so the jars can't be deleted? Erin >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeffrey E Care [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:41 AM >To: Ant Users List >Subject: Re: Ant fails to delete jars under "lib" > > >Perhaps some process was using that JAR at the time you attempted to >delete it? > >-- >Jeffrey E. Care ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >WebSphere v7 Release Engineer >WebSphere Build Tooling Lead (Project Mantis) > > >"Erin Gu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/01/2005 11:28:46 AM: > >> Hi, I try to use <delete dir="lib"/> to delete a group of jars, then I >got >> an error: >> >> test: >> [delete] Deleting: C:\sysbuild\ccc\NW-RI\Ped\2.0\dev\lib\erin.jar >> >> BUILD FAILED >> C:\sysbuild\ccc\NW-RI\Ped\2.0\dev\build-portal.xml:13: Unable to delete >file >> C:\sysbuild\ccc\NW-RI\Ped\2.0\dev\lib\erin.jar >> >> The I changed the dir name from "lib" to something else, it is ok. >> >> test: >> [delete] Deleting: C:\sysbuild\ccc\NW-RI\Ped\2.0\dev\lib1\erin.jar >> BUILD SUCCESSFUL >> >> >> I am using Ant 1.6.1. Is this a known Ant bug? Any workaround? Thanks in >> advance. >> >> Erin >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]