this here works for me, where c:\test\test2\ remains after the task :
<delete>
<fileset >
<includes name="c:\test\test2\**" />
<excludes name="c:\test\test2\" />
</fileset>
</delete>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Peter Lanoie
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:36
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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> Subject: [Nant-users] <delete> bug or incorrect use?
>
>
> Hey NAnt-folks,
>
> I've been trying to figure out what's going on with the
> <delete> task. I'm seeing something strange.
>
> When I do this:
>
> <delete>
> <fileset basedir="${dir.deployPath}">
> <includes name="**\*.*" />
> </fileset>
> </delete>
>
> All the FILES in the tree of the basedir are deleted, but the
> directories in the tree remain.
>
> When I modify the include to this:
>
> <includes name="**" />
>
> All the files AND directories in the specified basedir are
> deleted, but so is the basedir itself as if I'd done this:
> <delete dir="${dir.deployPath}" />
>
> Is this a bug? I need to delete ALL the contents of a
> directory, but not the directory itself. Is there a way to
> do this with a particularly formed <includes name="???" /> ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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