clean.output not working for webhelp responsive transform

[rjcbop]

We've recently noticed that the clean.output parameter for webhelp responsive transformation scenarios is no longer working for us (we're on Oxygen 23.1). Because of directory access issues, we can't use the built-in version of the DITA-OT (in the Oxygen install directory) because we have custom DITA-OT plugins that need to be installed. Our solution has been to copy the DITA-OT that's distributed with Oxygen to a writeable location and to install our custom plugins in that location. We're wondering if that might be the cause of the issue with the clean.output parameter.

As a workaround, we created a custom build file and added instructions (copied from Oxygen 21) for cleaning the output directory when clean.output is set to 'yes'.

Thanks for any thoughts about this issue.

[Radu]

Hi,

From time to time we make minor bug fix releases of Oxygen and update our kits on the web site, in an Oxygen 23.1 minor bug fix release we made in July we fixed this problem with clean.output not working:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/build_history.html#2021061407

DITA Publishing: Fixed an issue where the "clean.output" parameter set in a DITA-OT transformation scenario no longer worked properly to clean the output folder before publishing.

So if you re-download Oxygen from our web site and re-install it, the DITA OT bundled with Oxygen should properly use the clean.output param.

Regards,
Radu

[rjcbop]

Thanks!