You can use the <available property="direxists" file="path to directory" type="dir"> to set a property based upon the existance of a directory...then create a target whose job is to delete the directory and use a if="direxists" attribute to control the whether the target really executes (or merely no-ops) based upon the property being set. Good luck, Ninju
----- Original Message ---- From: Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ant Users List <user@ant.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:38:45 AM Subject: Re: test for directory existence *Not sure about delete* but I know mkdir will fail if the folder is already in place Thus the reason for checking the folder existence before mkdir operation díky! Martin- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ondřej Světlík" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ant Users List" <user@ant.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:31 AM Subject: Re: test for directory existence >> Good Morning All- >> >> How do you test for the existence of a folder before del or mkdir >> operation >> Has something to with <property ??? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Martin Gainty >> >> (mobile) 603-438-5053 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Hello, > > why do you want to check for it's existence? Both tasks (<delete> and > <mkdir>) can handle non-existing respectively existing directories. See > this example: > > > <project name="delete" default="all"> > > <target name="all"> > <mkdir dir="dir/dir2" /> > <mkdir dir="dir/dir2" /> > <delete dir="dir" /> > <delete dir="dir" /> > </target> > > </project> > > It will successfully pass. The second <mkdir> won't do anything with the > original content of the folder. > > Best regards > > Ondrej Svetlik > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
