Rather than using *.* use * ... that will match any filename with or without an extension.
I guess I don't understand why you can just exclude your config file names. If they are in a directory the directory won't be deleted. BOb > -----Original Message----- > From: Parrish, Ken [mailto:kparr...@gomez.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:35 PM > To: Brass Tilde; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] Delete files but preserve directory tree > > Nant Users, > > Thanks for your feedback on this. I've replied to this list a couple of > time, but my posting keep getting bounced. > > The addition of a filesOnly and/or directoriesOnly attribute to a > <fileset> would greatly simplify file operations which need to be > applied to one or the other, yet still allow for the power and > flexibility of the <fileset> element. > > Below it what I devised. It works well except that the *.* file filter > excludes files that might not have an extension. Not a huge problem in > the Windows world that I employ, but still a limitation. > > However, the filesOnly parameter to the <fileset> as described above > would likely allow this task to reduce to a single <delete> element. > > Thanks, > > Ken Parrish > Gomez, Inc. > > <!-- > PurgeDirectory > Recursively removes file from a directory tree > preserving the directory tree. > > Parameters: > PurgeDirectory_dir path > name of directory to purge > --> > <target name="PurgeDirectory" > > > <echo message="PurgeDirectory = ${PurgeDirectory_dir}" /> > > <delete> > <fileset basedir="${PurgeDirectory_dir}"> > <include name="*.*" /> > > <!-- Add exclusions here --> > </fileset> > </delete> > > <foreach item="Folder" in="${PurgeDirectory_dir}" > property="dirname"> > <property name="PurgeDirectory_dir" > value="${dirname}" /> > <call target="PurgeDirectory" /> > </foreach> > </target> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brass Tilde [mailto:brassti...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:24 AM > To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] Delete files but preserve directory tree > > > IF this a consistent directory tree? If so, just exclude the > directories > > from the delete. If not I think you should be able to use a foreach to > loop > > over a fileset and delete each individual files. But, I don't know how > good > > the performance on this will be. > > Would the effort of adding a "filesOnly" attribute to the fileset > object be worth the time and effort? > > Brad > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > NAnt-users mailing list > NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > NAnt-users mailing list > NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
