well, I would have to specify which directories are going to be EMPTY when I'm done with the
delete?  How would I know that?

No, there are no class files left in the directory when the operation is done.  The directory is
empty, but doesn't get removed.

Thanks, Eric



--- Vadim Kazakov <VadimK@quadrus.com> wrote:

> Because you're not specifying the directory in the include tags so it
> only deletes .java and .class files unless the .class files are in a
> subdirectory xyz/test1.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Lubin [mailto:elubin@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: November 19, 2004 2:07 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: newbie <delete> not removing my empty directory?
> 
> Based on the directory structure and files listed at the bottom, why
> doesn't the last delete
> remove the test2_sub1 directory?
> 
> Thanks, Eric
> 
> <project name="Test" default="doIt" basedir=".">
>  <description>simple example build file</description>
>  <target name="doIt">
>   <tstamp/>
>   <mkdir dir="TempCom" />
>   <delete includeEmptyDirs="true"><fileset dir="TempCom" /></delete>
>   <mkdir dir="TempCom" />
>   <copy todir="TempCom"><fileset dir="com" /></copy>
>   <delete includeEmptyDirs="true">
>    <fileset dir="TempCom">
>     <include name="**/*.java" />
>     <include name="**/*.class" />
>     <exclude name="xyz/test1/**/*.class" />
>    </fileset>
>   </delete>
>  </target>
> </project>
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> root
> |-com
>   |-xyz
>     |-test1 (with file a.java and a.class)
>       |-test1_sub1 (with file b.java and b.class)
>     |-test2 (with file c.java and c.class)
>       |-test2_sub1 (with file d.java and d.class)
>       |-test2_sub2 (with file e.txt and f.txt)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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