Unless the force property is set, this job will cause an exception if an attempt is made to delete a non empty directory.
files | The file, directory, or files and directories to delete. |
force | Forceably delete non empty directories. |
name | A name, can be any text. |
Example 1 | Delete all files from a directory. |
Configured By | ELEMENT |
Access | READ_WRITE |
Required | Yes. |
The file, directory, or files and directories to delete.
Configured By | ATTRIBUTE |
Access | READ_WRITE |
Required | No, defaults to false. |
Forceably delete non empty directories.
Configured By | ATTRIBUTE |
Access | READ_WRITE |
Required | No. |
A name, can be any text.
Delete all files from a directory. The directory is the first of Oddjob's arguments.
<oddjob id="this"> <job> <delete> <files> <files files="${this.args[0]}/*"/> </files> </delete> </job> </oddjob>