> Stefan- > I guess Im confused > why doesnt mkdir show 2 success messages instead of the just the first > success message? > Martin- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <user@ant.apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:18 AM > Subject: Re: test for directory existence > > >> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> *Not sure about delete* >> >> it will fail if you tell it to delete something that isn't there - >> unless you set the quite attribute to true in which case it will >> simply do nothing. >> >>> but I know mkdir will fail if the folder is already in place >> >> No it won't. >> >> ,---- >> | <project> >> | <mkdir dir="foo"/> >> | <mkdir dir="foo"/> >> | </project> >> `---- >> >> leads to >> >> ,---- >> | [mkdir] Created dir: /tmp/foo >> | >> | BUILD SUCCESSFUL >> | Total time: 1 second >> `---- >> >> The task doesn't even issue a warning message. >> >> Stefan >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >
<mkdir> as well as <delete> prints a message only in case it creates or deletes something. When there's nothing to create (the directory already exists) or delete (there's no such directory) it prints no message. You may try do run ant with parameter -d to see more output. Best regards Ondrej Svetlik --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
