diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/available.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/available.xml
index 5b2fc4c47..09fb39e49 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/available.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/available.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 
 <project name="available-test" basedir="." default="test1">
 
-  <target name="tearDown">
-    <delete dir="greatgrandparent"/>
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
   </target>
 
   <target name="test1">
@@ -153,14 +155,12 @@
 
   <target name="test24">
     <!-- create a dummy file and look for it -->
-    <mkdir dir="${user.dir}/test"/>
-    <echo message="package test;public class test {}" file="${user.dir}/test/test.java"/>
-    <javac srcdir="${user.dir}" includes="test/test.java"/>
-    <jar destfile="${user.dir}/test.jar" basedir="${user.dir}" includes="test/test.class"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}/test"/>
+    <echo message="package test;public class test {}" file="${output}/test/test.java"/>
+    <javac srcdir="${output}" includes="test/test.java"/>
+    <jar destfile="${output}/test.jar" basedir="${output}" includes="test/test.class"/>
     <available property="test"
-               classname="test.test" classpath="${user.dir}/test.jar"/>
-    <delete dir="${user.dir}/test"/>
-    <delete file="${user.dir}/test.jar"/>
+               classname="test.test" classpath="${output}/test.jar"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="searchInPathNotThere">
@@ -183,14 +183,13 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="prep.parents">
-    <delete quiet="yes" dir="greatgrandparent"/>
-    <mkdir  dir="greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/dir"/>
-    <touch  file="greatgrandparent/a.txt"/>
-    <touch  file="greatgrandparent/grandparent/b.txt"/>
-    <touch  file="greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/c.txt"/>
-    <touch  file="greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/dir/d.txt"/>
+    <mkdir  dir="${output}/greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/dir"/>
+    <touch  file="${output}/greatgrandparent/a.txt"/>
+    <touch  file="${output}/greatgrandparent/grandparent/b.txt"/>
+    <touch  file="${output}/greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/c.txt"/>
+    <touch  file="${output}/greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/dir/d.txt"/>
     <property name="available.test.dir"
-              value="greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/dir"/>
+              value="${output}/greatgrandparent/grandparent/parent/dir"/>
   </target>
   <target name="search-parents" depends="prep.parents">
     <echo>testing greatgrandparent - should see</echo>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/calltarget.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/calltarget.xml
index 3ea76a166..4c3af92e9 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/calltarget.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/calltarget.xml
@@ -15,85 +15,106 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project name ="calltarget-test" default="testinheritreffileset" basedir=".">
-    <property name="tmp.dir" value="tmp.dir" />
-    <target name="setup">
-        <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-    <target name="cleanup">
-        <delete dir="${tmp.dir}" quiet="true"/>
-    </target>
-    <target name="mytarget">
-      <pathconvert property="myproperty" targetos="unix" refid="myfileset"/>
-      <echo message="myproperty=${myproperty}"/>
-    </target>
-    <target name="testinheritreffileset">
+<project name="calltarget-test" default="testinheritreffileset" basedir=".">
+
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="mytarget">
+    <pathconvert property="myproperty" targetos="unix" refid="myfileset"/>
+    <echo message="myproperty=${myproperty}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testinheritreffileset">
     <!-- this testcase should show that the fileset defined here
     can be read in the called target -->
-      <fileset dir="." id="myfileset">
-        <include name="calltarget.xml"/>
-      </fileset>
-      <antcall target="mytarget" inheritrefs="true"/>
-    </target>
-    <target name="copytest2">
-       <copy file="${tmp.dir}/copytest.in" toFile="${tmp.dir}/copytest1.out" overwrite="true">
-          <filterset refid="foo"/>
-       </copy>
-    </target>
-    <target name="testinheritreffilterset" depends="setup">
-       <echo file="${tmp.dir}/copytest.in">@@foo@@</echo>
-       <filterset id="foo" begintoken="@@" endtoken="@@">
-          <filter token="foo" value="bar"/>
-       </filterset>
-       <antcall target="copytest2" inheritrefs="true"/>
-       <copy file="${tmp.dir}/copytest.in" toFile="${tmp.dir}/copytest2.out" overwrite="true">
-          <filterset refid="foo"/>
-       </copy>
-       <loadfile srcFile="${tmp.dir}/copytest2.out" property="copytest2"/>
-       <loadfile srcFile="${tmp.dir}/copytest1.out" property="copytest1"/>
-       <condition property="success">
-           <equals arg1="${copytest1}" arg2="${copytest2}"/>
-       </condition>
-       <fail message="filterset not properly passed across by antcall" unless="success"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <property name="multi" value="DEFAULT"/>
-    <target name="multi">
-        <echo>multi is ${multi}</echo>
-    </target>
-    <target name="call-multi">
-        <antcall target="multi">
-            <param name="multi" value="SET"/>
-        </antcall>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="blank-target">
-        <antcall>
-            <target name="" />
-        </antcall>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="multiple-targets">
-        <antcall>
-            <target name="ta" />
-            <target name="tb" />
-            <target name="tc" />
-        </antcall>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="multiple-targets-2">
-      <ant antfile="ant.xml">
-        <target name="tb" />
-        <target name="da" />
-      </ant>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="ta"><echo>ta</echo></target>
-    <target name="tb" depends="da,dc"><echo>tb</echo></target>
-    <target name="tc" depends="db,dc"><echo>tc</echo></target>
-
-    <target name="da"><echo>da</echo></target>
-    <target name="db"><echo>db</echo></target>
-    <target name="dc"><echo>dc</echo></target>
+    <fileset dir="." id="myfileset">
+      <include name="calltarget.xml"/>
+    </fileset>
+    <antcall target="mytarget" inheritrefs="true"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="copytest2">
+    <copy file="${output}/copytest.in" toFile="${output}/copytest1.out" overwrite="true">
+      <filterset refid="foo"/>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testinheritreffilterset" depends="setUp">
+    <echo file="${output}/copytest.in">@@foo@@</echo>
+    <filterset id="foo" begintoken="@@" endtoken="@@">
+      <filter token="foo" value="bar"/>
+    </filterset>
+    <antcall target="copytest2" inheritrefs="true"/>
+    <copy file="${output}/copytest.in" toFile="${output}/copytest2.out" overwrite="true">
+      <filterset refid="foo"/>
+    </copy>
+    <loadfile srcFile="${output}/copytest2.out" property="copytest2"/>
+    <loadfile srcFile="${output}/copytest1.out" property="copytest1"/>
+    <condition property="success">
+      <equals arg1="${copytest1}" arg2="${copytest2}"/>
+    </condition>
+    <fail message="filterset not properly passed across by antcall" unless="success"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <property name="multi" value="DEFAULT"/>
+
+  <target name="multi">
+    <echo>multi is ${multi}</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="call-multi">
+    <antcall target="multi">
+      <param name="multi" value="SET"/>
+    </antcall>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="blank-target">
+    <antcall>
+      <target name=""/>
+    </antcall>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="multiple-targets">
+    <antcall>
+      <target name="ta"/>
+      <target name="tb"/>
+      <target name="tc"/>
+    </antcall>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="multiple-targets-2">
+    <ant antfile="ant.xml">
+      <target name="tb"/>
+      <target name="da"/>
+    </ant>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="ta">
+    <echo>ta</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="tb" depends="da,dc">
+    <echo>tb</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="tc" depends="db,dc">
+    <echo>tc</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="da">
+    <echo>da</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="db">
+    <echo>db</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="dc">
+    <echo>dc</echo>
+  </target>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml
index 4c56e304f..dc3b4cae9 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml
@@ -18,64 +18,66 @@
 
 <project name="copy-test" basedir="." default="test1">
 
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+  </target>
+
   <target name="test1">
-    <copy file="copy.xml" tofile="copytest1.tmp" />
+    <copy file="copy.xml" tofile="${output}/copytest1.tmp" />
   </target>
 
   <target name="test2">
-    <copy file="copy.xml" todir="copytest1dir" overwrite="true"/>
+    <copy file="copy.xml" todir="${output}/copytest1dir" overwrite="true"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="filtertest">
     <!-- check fix for bugzilla 23154 -->
-    <delete quiet="yes" file="copy.filter.out"/>
-    <delete quiet="yes" file="copy.filter.inp"/>
-    <concat destfile="copy.filter.inp">
+    <concat destfile="${output}/copy.filter.inp">
 PRODUCT_VERSION=6.2.1.4
 PRODUCT_BUILD=6.5 (BLD_65036)
 PRODUCT_VERSION=6.2.1.4
 PRODUCT_BUILD=6.5 (BLD_65036)
     </concat>
-    <copy file="copy.filter.inp" tofile="copy.filter.out">
+    <copy file="${output}/copy.filter.inp" tofile="${output}/copy.filter.out">
       <filterset begintoken="6" endtoken="4">
         <filter token=".2.1." value="2.6.4" />
       </filterset>
     </copy>
-    <concat><path path="copy.filter.out"/></concat>
+    <concat><path path="${output}/copy.filter.out"/></concat>
   </target>
 
   <target name="infinitetest">
-    <delete quiet="yes" file="copy.filter.out"/>
-    <delete quiet="yes" file="copy.filter.inp"/>
-    <concat destfile="copy.filter.inp">
+    <concat destfile="${output}/copy.filter.inp">
 a=b=
     </concat>
-    <copy file="copy.filter.inp" tofile="copy.filter.out">
+    <copy file="${output}/copy.filter.inp" tofile="${output}/copy.filter.out">
       <filterset begintoken="=" endtoken="=">
         <filter token="b" value="=b="/>
       </filterset>
     </copy>
-    <concat><path path="copy.filter.out"/></concat>
+    <concat><path path="${output}/copy.filter.out"/></concat>
   </target>
 
   <target name="test3">
     <!-- create an empty file -->
-    <touch file="copytest3.tmp"/>
+    <touch file="${output}/copytest3.tmp"/>
     <!--wait -->
     <sleep seconds="4"/>
     <!-- copy a different file to two places -->
-    <copy file="copy.xml" tofile="copytest3a.tmp" overwrite="true"/>
-    <copy file="copy.xml" tofile="copytest3b.tmp" overwrite="true"/>
+    <copy file="copy.xml" tofile="${output}/copytest3a.tmp" overwrite="true"/>
+    <copy file="copy.xml" tofile="${output}/copytest3b.tmp" overwrite="true"/>
     <!--wait -->
     <sleep seconds="4"/>
     <!-- copy an old file onto a newer file (should not work) -->
-    <copy file="copytest3.tmp" tofile="copytest3b.tmp" />
+    <copy file="${output}/copytest3.tmp" tofile="${output}/copytest3b.tmp" />
     <!-- copy an older file onto a new one, should succeed -->
-    <copy file="copytest3.tmp" tofile="copytest3c.tmp"
+    <copy file="${output}/copytest3.tmp" tofile="${output}/copytest3c.tmp"
       overwrite="true"
       preservelastmodified="true" />
     <!-- copy a newer file onto an older one (should work) -->
-    <copy file="copytest3a.tmp" tofile="copytest3.tmp"
+    <copy file="${output}/copytest3a.tmp" tofile="${output}/copytest3.tmp"
       preservelastmodified="true" />
     <!-- expected state :
       3a.tmp==3.tmp==copy.xml
@@ -87,13 +89,13 @@ a=b=
   </target>
 
   <target name="test_single_file_fileset">
-    <copy tofile="copytest_single_file_fileset.tmp">
+    <copy tofile="${output}/copytest_single_file_fileset.tmp">
       <fileset dir="." includes="copy.xml"/>
     </copy>
   </target>
 
   <target name="test_single_file_path">
-    <copy tofile="copytest_single_file_path.tmp">
+    <copy tofile="${output}/copytest_single_file_path.tmp">
       <path>
         <pathelement location="copy.xml"/>
       </path>
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ a=b=
   </target>
 
   <target name="testFilterSet">
-    <copy file="copy.filterset" tofile="copy.filterset.tmp">
+    <copy file="copy.filterset" tofile="${output}/copy.filterset.tmp">
       <filterset>
         <filter token="TITLE" value="Apache Ant Project"/>
       </filterset>
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ a=b=
   </target>
 
   <target name="testFilterChain">
-    <copy file="copy.filterset" tofile="copy.filterchain.tmp">
+    <copy file="copy.filterset" tofile="${output}/copy.filterchain.tmp">
       <filterchain>
         <replacetokens>
           <token key="TITLE" value="Apache Ant Project"/>
@@ -119,34 +121,34 @@ a=b=
   </target>
 
   <target name="testTranscoding">
-    <copy file="copy/input/iso8859-1" tofile="copytest1.tmp"
+    <copy file="copy/input/iso8859-1" tofile="${output}/copytest1.tmp"
           encoding="ISO8859_1" outputencoding="UTF8"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="testMissingFileIgnore">
-    <copy file="not-there" tofile="copytest1.tmp"
+    <copy file="not-there" tofile="${output}/copytest1.tmp"
           failonerror="false"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="testMissingFileBail">
-    <copy file="not-there" tofile="copytest1.tmp"
+    <copy file="not-there" tofile="${output}/copytest1.tmp"
           failonerror="true"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="testMissingDirIgnore">
-    <copy todir="copytest1dir" failonerror="false">
+    <copy todir="${output}" failonerror="false">
       <fileset dir="not-there"/>
     </copy>
   </target>
 
   <target name="testMissingDirBail">
-    <copy todir="copytest1dir" failonerror="true">
+    <copy todir="${output}" failonerror="true">
       <fileset dir="not-there"/>
     </copy>
   </target>
 
-  <property name="to.dir" value="copy-todir-tmp"/>
-  <property name="from.dir" value="copy-fromdir-tmp"/>
+  <property name="to.dir" value="${output}/copy-todir-tmp"/>
+  <property name="from.dir" value="${output}/copy-fromdir-tmp"/>
 
   <target name="testResource.prepare">
     <mkdir dir="${from.dir}"/>
@@ -266,21 +268,4 @@ a=b=
     </fail>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="cleanup">
-    <delete file="copytest1.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copytest3.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copytest3a.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copytest3b.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copytest3c.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copytest_single_file_fileset.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copytest_single_file_path.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copy.filterset.tmp"/>
-    <delete file="copy.filterchain.tmp"/>
-    <delete dir="copytest1dir"/>
-    <delete quiet="yes" file="copy.filter.out"/>
-    <delete quiet="yes" file="copy.filter.inp"/>
-    <delete dir="${from.dir}" quiet="true" />
-    <delete dir="${to.dir}" quiet="true" />
-  </target>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/BuildFileTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/BuildFileTest.java
index 1a6e7bcdb..841939cc9 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/BuildFileTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/BuildFileTest.java
@@ -351,6 +351,15 @@ public abstract class BuildFileTest extends TestCase {
         return project.getBaseDir();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * get location of temporary directory pointed to by property "output"
+     * @return location of temporary directory pointed to by property "output"
+     * @since Ant 1.9.4
+     */
+    public File getOutputDir() {
+        return new File(project.getProperty("output"));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Runs a target, wait for a build exception.
      *
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AvailableTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AvailableTest.java
index 57b9ff024..28145c473 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AvailableTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AvailableTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class AvailableTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void setUp() {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/available.xml");
+        executeTarget("setUp");
     }
 
     // Nothing specified -> Fail
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTargetTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTargetTest.java
index 5ef91118f..53596148a 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTargetTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CallTargetTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class CallTargetTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void setUp() {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/calltarget.xml");
+        executeTarget("setUp");
     }
 
     // see bugrep 21724 (references not passing through with antcall)
@@ -66,7 +67,4 @@ public class CallTargetTest extends BuildFileTest {
         expectLog("multiple-targets-2", "dadctb");
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        project.executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CopyTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CopyTest.java
index 514443dba..3a7c62d6b 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CopyTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/CopyTest.java
@@ -39,23 +39,20 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void setUp() {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/copy.xml");
+        executeTarget("setUp");
     }
 
     public void test1() {
         executeTarget("test1");
-        File f = new File(getProjectDir(), "copytest1.tmp");
+        File f = new File(getOutputDir(), "copytest1.tmp");
         if ( !f.exists()) {
             fail("Copy failed");
         }
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void test2() {
         executeTarget("test2");
-        File f = new File(getProjectDir(), "copytest1dir/copy.xml");
+        File f = new File(getOutputDir(), "copytest1dir/copy.xml");
         if ( !f.exists()) {
             fail("Copy failed");
         }
@@ -63,13 +60,13 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void test3() {
         executeTarget("test3");
-        File file3  = new File(getProjectDir(), "copytest3.tmp");
+        File file3  = new File(getOutputDir(), "copytest3.tmp");
         assertTrue(file3.exists());
-        File file3a = new File(getProjectDir(), "copytest3a.tmp");
+        File file3a = new File(getOutputDir(), "copytest3a.tmp");
         assertTrue(file3a.exists());
-        File file3b = new File(getProjectDir(), "copytest3b.tmp");
+        File file3b = new File(getOutputDir(), "copytest3b.tmp");
         assertTrue(file3b.exists());
-        File file3c = new File(getProjectDir(), "copytest3c.tmp");
+        File file3c = new File(getOutputDir(), "copytest3c.tmp");
         assertTrue(file3c.exists());
 
         //file length checks rely on touch generating a zero byte file
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testFilterSet() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("testFilterSet");
-        File tmp  = new File(getProjectDir(), "copy.filterset.tmp");
+        File tmp  = new File(getOutputDir(), "copy.filterset.tmp");
         File check  = new File(getProjectDir(), "expected/copy.filterset.filtered");
         assertTrue(tmp.exists());
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS.contentEquals(tmp, check));
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testFilterChain() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("testFilterChain");
-        File tmp  = new File(getProjectDir(), "copy.filterchain.tmp");
+        File tmp  = new File(getOutputDir(), "copy.filterchain.tmp");
         File check  = new File(getProjectDir(), "expected/copy.filterset.filtered");
         assertTrue(tmp.exists());
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS.contentEquals(tmp, check));
@@ -117,14 +114,14 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testSingleFileFileset() {
         executeTarget("test_single_file_fileset");
-        File file  = new File(getProjectDir(),
+        File file  = new File(getOutputDir(),
                                         "copytest_single_file_fileset.tmp");
         assertTrue(file.exists());
     }
 
     public void testSingleFilePath() {
         executeTarget("test_single_file_path");
-        File file  = new File(getProjectDir(),
+        File file  = new File(getOutputDir(),
                                         "copytest_single_file_path.tmp");
         assertTrue(file.exists());
     }
@@ -132,7 +129,7 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testTranscoding() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("testTranscoding");
         File f1 = getProject().resolveFile("copy/expected/utf-8");
-        File f2 = getProject().resolveFile("copytest1.tmp");
+        File f2 = new File(getOutputDir(), "copytest1.tmp");
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS.contentEquals(f1, f2));
     }
 
@@ -158,9 +155,9 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
     
     public void testFileResourcePlain() {
         executeTarget("testFileResourcePlain");
-        File file1 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt");
-        File file2 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt");
-        File file3 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt");
+        File file1 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt");
+        File file2 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt");
+        File file3 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt");
         assertTrue(file1.exists());
         assertTrue(file2.exists());
         assertTrue(file3.exists());
@@ -168,9 +165,9 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
     
     public void _testFileResourceWithMapper() {
         executeTarget("testFileResourceWithMapper");
-        File file1 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt.bak");
-        File file2 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt.bak");
-        File file3 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt.bak");
+        File file1 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt.bak");
+        File file2 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt.bak");
+        File file3 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt.bak");
         assertTrue(file1.exists());
         assertTrue(file2.exists());
         assertTrue(file3.exists());
@@ -178,7 +175,7 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
     
     public void testFileResourceWithFilter() {
         executeTarget("testFileResourceWithFilter");
-        File file1 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/fileNR.txt");
+        File file1 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/fileNR.txt");
         assertTrue(file1.exists());
         try {
             String file1Content = FileUtils.readFully(new FileReader(file1));
@@ -190,9 +187,9 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
     
     public void testPathAsResource() {
         executeTarget("testPathAsResource");
-        File file1 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt");
-        File file2 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt");
-        File file3 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt");
+        File file1 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt");
+        File file2 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt");
+        File file3 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt");
         assertTrue(file1.exists());
         assertTrue(file2.exists());
         assertTrue(file3.exists());
@@ -200,9 +197,9 @@ public class CopyTest extends BuildFileTest {
     
     public void testZipfileset() {
         executeTarget("testZipfileset");
-        File file1 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt");
-        File file2 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt");
-        File file3 = new File(getProjectDir(), getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt");
+        File file1 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file1.txt");
+        File file2 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file2.txt");
+        File file3 = new File(getProject().getProperty("to.dir")+"/file3.txt");
         assertTrue(file1.exists());
         assertTrue(file2.exists());
         assertTrue(file3.exists());