Ant <delete> task not working
Ant <delete> task not working
(OP)
Hi,
I can't figure out why this target isn't working.
It's giving this error, even though I've made all the core files owned by the user that the ant process is running as and I even made them 'chmod 777'...
I can't figure out why this target isn't working.
CODE
<target name="clear.oldcorefiles.nightly">
<!-- Determine the earliest timestamp for removal as an offset from the
current date and time -->
<property name="clear.timestamp.pattern" value="MM/dd/yyyy" />
<tstamp>
<format
property="oldcorefiles.timestamp"
pattern="${clear.timestamp.pattern}"
unit="day" offset="-14" />
</tstamp>
<!-- Delete old files -->
<delete includeemptydirs="true">
<fileset dir="/var/corefiles" includes="**/core.*">
<date
datetime="${oldcorefiles.timestamp}" when="before"
pattern="${clear.timestamp.pattern}" checkdirs="true"
/>
</fileset>
</delete>
</target>
<!-- Determine the earliest timestamp for removal as an offset from the
current date and time -->
<property name="clear.timestamp.pattern" value="MM/dd/yyyy" />
<tstamp>
<format
property="oldcorefiles.timestamp"
pattern="${clear.timestamp.pattern}"
unit="day" offset="-14" />
</tstamp>
<!-- Delete old files -->
<delete includeemptydirs="true">
<fileset dir="/var/corefiles" includes="**/core.*">
<date
datetime="${oldcorefiles.timestamp}" when="before"
pattern="${clear.timestamp.pattern}" checkdirs="true"
/>
</fileset>
</delete>
</target>
CODE
/tmp/cleanup.xml:142: Unable to delete file /var/corefiles/core.15.days
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.handle(Delete.java:624)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.execute(Delete.java:602)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:758)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:217)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:257)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:104)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.handle(Delete.java:624)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.execute(Delete.java:602)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1337)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1189)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:758)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:217)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:257)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:104)
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RE: Ant <delete> task not working
Even though the files were writable, it's the directory they're in that needs write permission to delete the files.