Deletes a file or directory, or set of files defined by a fileset. See Core Types for information on Filesets.
Table 36. Attributes
Name | Type | Description | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|---|
file |
String |
The file that is to be deleted. You either have to specify this
attribute, dir , or use a fileset.
|
n/a | Yes (or dir )
|
dir |
String |
The directory that is to be deleted. You either have to specify this
attribute, file , or use a fileset.
|
n/a | Yes (or file )
|
verbose |
Boolean |
Used to force listing of all names of deleted files. | n/a | No |
quiet |
Boolean |
If the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic message or modify the exit status to reflect an error. This means that if a file or directory cannot be deleted, then no error is reported. This setting emulates the -f option to the Unix
|
n/a | No |
failonerror |
Boolean |
If this attribute is set to true , DeleteTask will
verbose on errors but the build process will not be stopped.
|
false |
No |
includeemptydirs |
Boolean |
Determines if empty directories are also to be deleted. | false |
No |