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Asked: 2026-05-22T12:43:23+00:00

I want delete a directory only if exists. <target name=clean> <delete dir=${COMP_BUILD} /> </target>

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I want delete a directory only if exists.

 <target name="clean">
        <delete dir="${COMP_BUILD}" />
    </target>

this gets error

clean:
   [delete] Deleting directory U:\id824275_03_2011_06_JUN_ESW\CCS_WSC_ECM\ecm_esw\app\ENT_APP\ESW\bgc-esw-services\build

BUILD FAILED
U:\id824275_03_2011_06_JUN_ESW\CCS_WSC_ECM\ecm_esw\app\BUILD\ESW\ESWBUILD\build.xml:451: The following error occurred while executing this line:
U:\id824275_03_2011_06_JUN_ESW\CCS_WSC_ECM\ecm_esw\app\ENT_APP\ESW\bgc-esw-web\build.xml:207: The following error occurred while executing this line:
U:\id824275_03_2011_06_JUN_ESW\CCS_WSC_ECM\ecm_esw\app\ENT_APP\ESW\bgc-esw-web\build.xml:84: The following error occurred while executing this line:
U:\id824275_03_2011_06_JUN_ESW\CCS_WSC_ECM\ecm_esw\app\ENT_APP\ESW\bgc-esw-services\build.xml:64: Unable to delete directory U:\id824275_03_2011_06_JUN_ESW\CCS_WSC_ECM\ecm_esw\app\ENT_APP\ESW\bgc-esw-services\build\lib
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  1. Editorial Team

    You could specify failonerror:

    <delete dir="${COMP_BUILD}" failonerror="false"/>

    This will continue execution if the directory doesn’t exist.

    The trouble with this is that if the directory does exist, but can’t be deleted for some other reason, then it will also still carry on.

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