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<faqs id="FAQ" title="Frequently Asked Questions">
<part id="General">
<faq id="I already ran mvn clean but the directory (put dir name here) is still there. What should I do?">
<question>I already ran <i>mvn clean</i> but the directory (<i>put dir name here</i>) is still there. What should I do?</question>
<answer>
<p>
Some files-generating plugins can generate their files outside of the
default directories being deleted by the clean plugin. You should add
the location of such files in the clean plugin configuration or change
the configuration of those plugins to put their files inside the
<i>project.build.directory</i> which is by default, the <i>target</i>
directory.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq id="On Windows, I got Unable to delete directory. What s wrong?">
<question>On Windows, I got <i>"Unable to delete directory"</i>. What's wrong?</question>
<answer>
<p>
For instance, <i>clean</i> could fail if you already have opened a command
line with target as the current dir. Windows locks some ressources and you need
to close the handles on these ressources.
To skip these errors, you could call <i>clean</i> with the command line parameter <i>-Dmaven.clean.failOnError=false</i>.
For more information, refer to <a href="./examples/ignoring-errors.html">Ignoring Errors</a> page.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx">Sysinternals</a> produced
a number of utilities, like <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx">Process Explorer</a>
or <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/handle.mspx">Handle</a>
that help you to deal with Windows handles.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
</part>
</faqs>