>From my experience I noticed that the fileset is "executed" at the point of >declaration.
I also noticed the following: 1. If you do not include a basedir value when creating the fileset id, then it will assume the current working directory. 2. You can't do something like: <fileset refid="someid" basedir="${somedir}" /> For anyone that knows .. is this all this by design or a bug? If it's a bug then let me know and I will submit a bug report. If this is an enhancement then I'll still submit a feature request. So .. my workaround for having the fileset generate the list during execution of a copy/delete task is to put the fileset within a target. So .. using the example provided earlier I would do: <target name="processTestFileSet"> <fileset id="test.fileset" basedir="${test.dir}"> <include name="*.*" /> </fileset> </target> <target name="test"> <property name="test.dir" value="dir1/dir2/etc" /> <call target="processTestFileSet" /> <delete> <fileset refid="test.fileset" /> </delete> </target> Thanks, Felice -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Castro, Edwin Gabriel (Firing Systems Engr.) Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Nant-users] <fileset> execution When is a <fileset> "executed"? Suppose I have the following build file: <project name="test" default="test"> <fileset id="test.fileset"> <include name="*.*" /> </fileset> <target name="test"> <delete> <fileset refid="test.fileset" /> </delete> </target> </project> Would the <fileset> generate the file list at the point of declaration or the point of execution (in the <delete> task)? ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users