DeleteTask cannot delete files that begin with ~ (tildas)

[anonymous]

<delete dir="${targetDirectory}" includeemptydirs="true" verbose="false" />

[anonymous]

I found a work around by using fileset.

<delete includeemptydirs="true" verbose="false" >

<fileset dir="${targetDirectory}" />

</delete>

It would be nice if I didn't have to include the fileset, but this works, too.

[mrook]

The tilde character is used to denote the home directory, not sure why you would want to use that character in other paths?