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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
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+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
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+-->
+
+<project name="delete-test" basedir="." default="antunit"
+         xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit">
+  
+  <import file="../antunit-base.xml" />
+
+  <condition property="unix">
+    <os family="unix" />
+  </condition>
+
+  <target name="tearDown" depends="removelink, antunit-base.tearDown"/>
+
+  <target name="removelink" if="link">
+    <symlink action="delete" link="${link}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="xtestLinkCycle" if="unix">
+    <mkdir dir="${input}/A/B"/>
+    <property name="link" location="${input}/A/B/C"/>
+    <symlink link="${link}" resource="${input}/A"/>
+    <delete dir="${input}"/>
+  </target>
+</project>