[NAnt-users] Anyone know how to best do this ...

[Alan Guedeney]

Ideally, I'd like a "filter" task that can be applied to any task like this:

    <!-- New filter task [NOT YET AVAILABLE, however hoping one day 
soon!]-->
    <filter id="bydate.filter" readonly="true" date="&gt;1/1/2006" 
time="12:00:00"/>

    <!-- Apply filter task to a fileset -->
    <fileset id="some.fileset.id"  basedir="${build.dir}">
      <include name="../some_directory" />
      <filter refid="bydate.filter"/>
    </fileset>

or

    <!-- Just another way to do the same thing -->
    <fileset id="some.fileset.id"  basedir="${build.dir}" 
filter="bydate.filter">
      <include name="../some_directory" />
    </fileset>

Now, I can apply the filter's task to any other task as a nested task.

<!-- Apply filter to copy task -->
<copy todir="${build.dir}">
    <fileset refid="bydate.filter"/>
</copy>

<!-- Apply filter to zip task -->
<zip zipfile="my_release.zip">
    <fileset refid="bydate.filter"/>
</zip>

Is this too simple? Does anyone know how to get this work? Is there another 
way to do this now?
-Alan



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