The dir attribute is the root for a fileset. Why should the in/excludes be relative to something else?
Jan >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Jakob Fix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. September 2005 14:35 >An: Ant Users List >Betreff: clarification for Fileset documentation? > >Hello, > >I just spend an hour or so trying to understand why the >following wouldn't work: > ><fileset dir="${dir.in}"> > <exclude name="${dir.in}/fig/*.png"/> ></fileset> > >The reason is, and this is IMHO not mentioned in the >documentation, that the nested <exclude> and <include> >elements are relative to the directory defined in the ><fileset>'s dir attribute, and not relative to the current >directory (which it is not unreasonable to expect). > >The -debug output showed me the error, but it would be nice to >add this information to the documentation. > >The correct way to achieve this exclusion is: > ><fileset dir="${dir.in}"> > <exclude name="fig/*.png"/> ></fileset> > > >-- >cheers, >Jakob. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
