Stephen.... Are you suggesting on doing something like this....
<target> <property name="name" value="pathtonewversion of ant jar"> // value takes in new ant.jar may be a newer ant version <java jar="name" fork="true"/> and then all delete </target> Thanks On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 5:09 PM, aalok singhvi <aaloksing...@gmail.com> wrote: > Stephen can you give me an example on update jars where I use ant within > ant. > On Jun 14, 2015 3:16 PM, "Stefan Bodewig" <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On 2015-06-14, aalok singhvi wrote: >> >> > I tried using "deleteonexit" and it is know allowing me to delete >> something >> > of the jars but not allowing me to delete 2 directories. It says the >> once >> > Ant JVM is terminated it can be deleted. >> >> This is what I described. This happens if the JVM has opened the files >> and closed them again. For some reason the JVM on Windows and the OS >> disagree on whether the file is closed, there isn't anything you can do >> but either ensure the files are never opened in the first place or exit >> the VM. >> >> > Can we terminate ant jvm and restart once this delete is completed. I >> know >> > its a stupid question but just wanted to see if you have seen this >> before >> > by any chance. >> >> This would mean you'd need two separate build steps with two separate >> invocations of Ant. Something like >> >> ,---- >> | > ant update-jars >> | > ant do-what-I-really-wanted-to-do >> `---- >> >> That would probably work. Maybe you don't need to check for updates all >> the time? An in-buildfile way would be to execute Ant from inside Ant >> using <java fork="true">, but that's not straight forward either. >> >> > Let me check if I can extract a small build. i will need to get >> approvals >> > on that. >> >> That would be good. >> >> Stefan >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org >> >> -- Aalok Singhvi
