ok, thx for the quick answer. Lars
> Hi, > > works as designed, means when working with patterns like *.jar you > have to use a fileset. > > > Regards, Gilbert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lars Monsees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:06 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Deleting file does not work? > > Hello, > > I have to copy a self-built lib from one project to another and before > that I want to delete all previous versions of that file that might > exist (the version number is contained within the filename). > > Therefore, I wanted to use this: > <!-- remove old versions first --> > <echo message="${external.libfolder}${jar.prefix}-*.jar"/> > <!-- outputs: ../app_client/lib/jaf-*.jar --> > > <delete file="${external.libfolder}${jar.prefix}-*.jar" > verbose="true"/> > > > The above does not delete the file, while this does the job: > <delete verbose="true"> > <fileset > file="${external.libfolder}${jar.prefix}-*.jar"> > </fileset> > </delete> > > > Is this supposed to be this way or what am I doing wrong? > > > > Lars > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
