Hi Bob,
Thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately I was getting the same results
(well either everything got deleted or nothing did)...I've since changed it
to filter on filetype for the files under that folder. Seems to do for
now...
Cheers,
Jay
Bob Archer wrote:
>
> Yea, it's a little tricky to get this to work. I usually have to play
> with it for a while. Also, I found you had to add the full path to the
> exclude even if you include a basedir. Also, it seems to work better if
> you put the excludes first... try this:
>
> <delete failonerror="false" verbose="true">
> <fileset basedir="${Globals.SourcePath}">
> <exclude name="${Globals.SourcePath}/FolderA" />
> <exclude name="${Globals.SourcePath}/FolderA/FolderB" />
> <exclude name="${Globals.SourcePath}/FolderA/FolderB/**" />
> <include name="**" />
> </fileset>
> </delete>
>
> I think what happens is, even if you exclude /FolderA/** which is
> everything in FolderA, then include everything, then FolderA is part of
> everything... so, in addition you have to exclude the folder. In other
> words, it isn't smart enough to keep the folder when you ask it to keep
> the contents of a folder.
>
> You could also try it without the "${Globals.SourcePath} in the
> excludes, but I seem to remember it not working without that. I could be
> wrong. So you could try:
>
> <delete failonerror="false" verbose="true">
> <fileset basedir="${Globals.SourcePath}">
> <exclude name="FolderA" />
> <exclude name="FolderA/FolderB" />
> <exclude name="FolderA/FolderB/**" />
> <include name="**" />
> </fileset>
> </delete>
>
> At least, this is what I remember needing to do that worked for me.
>
> BOb
>
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> Fleming
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:05 AM
> To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [NAnt-users] Problem with include/exclude...
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I?m currently having a bit of trouble using include and exclude in
> delete
> task and was hoping someone might be able to help?
> I have the following:
>
> <delete failonerror="false" verbose="true">
> <fileset basedir="${Globals.SourcePath}\">
> <include name="FolderA\**" />
> <exclude name="FolderA\FolderB" />
> <exclude name="FolderA\FolderB\**\*.*" />
> </fileset>
> </delete>
>
> ?and I assumed this would delete the entire contents of
> ${Globals.SourcePath}\FolderA and all sub-folders apart from the files
> in
> FolderB and it?s sub-folders, unfortunately what I?m seeing is that
> everything is being deleted?which in turn causes my build to fail as the
> files here are required. Can anyone suggest how to get the behaviour I
> need?
> I?ve tried searching the list and found similar problems?and the snippet
> above actually comes from a working delete that someone else posted
> here?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Jay
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