Hello there, I am using JDK 1.5, Eclipse 3.2, and Tomcat 5.5.9. I wrote a build script which compiles, packages (via war file) the source, deploys (moves the war into TOMCAT_HOME/webapps), and is supposed to undeploy (by deleting the particular web app's directory & war file under TOMCAT_HOME/webapps).
The problem that I am encountering is that while Tomcat is running, I have a lib directory: TOMCAT_HOME/MyWebApp/WEB-INF/lib which contains several needed jar files. It seems that when I run my Ant's undeploy target, it refuses to delete the lib directory and thus the build breaks: Buildfile: C:\DevProjects\guess_number\build.xml undeploy: [delete] Deleting directory C:\DevTools\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9\webapps\NumberGuess BUILD FAILED C:\DevProjects\guess_number\build.xml:57: Unable to delete file C:\DevTools\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9\webapps\NumberGuess\WEB-INF\lib\Echo2_App.jar Total time: 345 milliseconds build script: <?xml version="1.0"?> <project name="NumberGuess" default="deploy" basedir="."> <property file="build.properties"/> <target name="prepare"> <mkdir dir="${webapp.build.dir}" /> <mkdir dir="${webapp.build.dir}/WEB-INF" /> <mkdir dir="${webapp.build.dir}/WEB-INF/lib" /> <mkdir dir="${webapp.build.dir}/WEB-INF/classes" /> </target> <target name="static" depends="prepare"> <!-- Copy web files --> <copy todir="${webapp.build.dir}/"> <fileset dir="web" /> </copy> <!-- Copy webapp configuration files --> <copy todir="${webapp.build.dir}/WEB-INF/"> <fileset dir="etc" /> </copy> <!-- Copy library files --> <copy todir="${webapp.build.dir}/WEB-INF/lib/"> <fileset dir="lib" /> </copy> <!-- Copy images --> <copy todir="${webapp.build.dir}/WEB-INF/classes/echo2tutorial/"> <fileset dir="images"/> </copy> </target> <target name="compile" depends="static"> <javac srcdir="src" destdir="${webapp.build.dir}/WEB-INF/classes/" deprecation="off" debug="on" optimize="off"> <classpath> <!-- Include all JAR files in my local library --> <fileset dir="lib"> <include name="*.jar"/> </fileset> <!-- Include all common libraries in Tomcat --> <fileset dir="${tomcat.home}/common/lib"> <include name="*.jar"/> </fileset> </classpath> </javac> </target> <target name="deploy" depends="compile"> <jar jarfile="${build.dir}/${webapp.name}.war" basedir="${webapp.build.dir}" /> <!-- Copy the newly built WAR file into the deployment directory --> <copy file="${build.dir}/${webapp.name}.war" todir="${tomcat.deployment.dir}" /> </target> <target name="undeploy"> <!-- Delete the deployment directory --> <delete dir="${tomcat.deployment.dir}/${webapp.name}" /> <delete file="${tomcat.deployment.dir}/${webapp.name}.war" /> </target> <target name="clean" description="Clears all generated files, including build directories, distributables, and documentation."> <delete dir="${build.dir}"/> </target> </project> build.properties: project.name=NumberGuess build.dir=./build # Webapp properties for the project webapp.name=NumberGuess webapp.build.dir=${build.dir}/${webapp.name} webapp.virtual.host=localhost # Tomcat properties tomcat.home=C:/DevTools/tomcat/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9 tomcat.deployment.dir=${tomcat.home}/webapps When I manually shutdown Tomcat, I am able to run my undeploy target just fine... But I need it to be able to undeploy while Tomcat is running. Many, many thanks! -Unnsse