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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;

Since:Ant 1.1
Deprecated:The deltree task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use delete instead.
/** * * * @since Ant 1.1 * * @deprecated The deltree task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use * delete instead. */
@Deprecated public class Deltree extends Task { private File dir;
Set the directory to be deleted
Params:
  • dir – the root of the tree to be removed.
/** * Set the directory to be deleted * * @param dir the root of the tree to be removed. */
public void setDir(File dir) { this.dir = dir; }
Do the work.
Throws:
  • BuildException – if the task is not configured correctly or the tree cannot be removed.
/** * Do the work. * * @exception BuildException if the task is not configured correctly or * the tree cannot be removed. */
public void execute() throws BuildException { log("DEPRECATED - The deltree task is deprecated. " + "Use delete instead."); if (dir == null) { throw new BuildException("dir attribute must be set!", getLocation()); } if (dir.exists()) { if (!dir.isDirectory()) { if (!dir.delete()) { throw new BuildException("Unable to delete directory " + dir.getAbsolutePath(), getLocation()); } return; } log("Deleting: " + dir.getAbsolutePath()); removeDir(dir); } } private void removeDir(File dir) { // check to make sure that the given dir isn't a symlink // the comparison of absolute path and canonical path // catches this // if (dir.getCanonicalPath().equals(dir.getAbsolutePath())) { // (costin) It will not work if /home/costin is symlink to // /da0/home/costin (taz for example) for (String s : dir.list()) { File f = new File(dir, s); if (f.isDirectory()) { removeDir(f); } else if (!f.delete()) { throw new BuildException("Unable to delete file " + f.getAbsolutePath()); } } if (!dir.delete()) { throw new BuildException("Unable to delete directory " + dir.getAbsolutePath()); } } }