Unable to delete file xx.jar

[Quigrim]

I am unable to get ant to delete or rename any jar file.
I keep getting "Unable to delete file...."
As a test, I put a jar file in a folder, and made a single ant target that must delete that file, but it can't.
Why? I'm not referencing that jar anyware else.
It's driving me nuts.
Pleas help if you can.

Thanx much.

 

[byam]

Probably a application is using that jar file. e.g. the IDE, J2EE container, etc...

 

[pitsnogle]

I was getting the same error and found it to be a fork="true". So Ant was splitting off and using a different JVM and that is what was holding on to the file.

 

[pitsnogle]

Okay, I lied.

The problem I had was not the fork but duplicate="preserver"
sorry.