Discussion

Unable to delete file while using “clean” during the ant build process

  • Solution 1
The eclipse is open, close eclipse then the files will be deletable
  • Solution 2
Change the following two line in <sdk-dir>/tools/ant/build.xml
<delete dir="${out.absolute.dir}" verbose="${verbose}" />
<delete dir="${gen.absolute.dir}" verbose="${verbose}" />
--to--
<delete dir="${out.absolute.dir}" quiet="true" verbose="${verbose}" />
<delete dir="${gen.absolute.dir}" quiet="true" verbose="${verbose}" />
The parameter means to perform delete like 'rm' but with '-f'