It you use Include name="**" that will (should) include all files in all directories.
BOb > -----Original Message----- > From: Parrish, Ken [mailto:kparr...@gomez.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:56 PM > To: Bob Archer; Brass Tilde; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [NAnt-users] Delete files but preserve directory tree > > Bob, > > Yes, '*' matches all files, but will also match all directory names and > the net result is to delete the entire directory tree. > > What I want to do is to recursively delete all the files in a directory > tree WITHOUT deleting any of the directories themselves. In addition, > it would be extremely helpful to be able to apply <fileset> or > <patternset> filtering to the deletion of files. > > In effect, <delete> that operates recursively ONLY on files, NOT on > directory nodes. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Archer [mailto:bob.arc...@amsi.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:35 PM > To: Parrish, Ken; Brass Tilde; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [NAnt-users] Delete files but preserve directory tree > > 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
