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From: Tom Dimock <tad1@cornell.edu>
Subject: RE: deprecate deltree ?
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At 01:13 PM 6/16/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Not quite.
>
><delete dir="xyz" />
>
>will not delete the directory, it will just fail to match any files and do
>nothing.
>
>Also, with delete, if the dir doesn't exist a BuildException is thrown.
>With deltree there is no exception.
>
>BTW, thanks Tom (& Sam for committing it) for this patch.  No more whining
>from me!

You're very welcome!

There is actually a pretty significant difference.  <delete dir="myDir"
includes="**/*" /> will delete all of the files in a big directory tree,
but leave all of the directories and any files matched by the
<defaultexcludes> intact, while <deltree dir="myDir"> will delete all files
and all directories.