Hello, this tasks does not do what I want. 1) it builds a huuuge fileset (a complete building session ends with ~300K files and more than 10GB) 2) it leaves newer files (which might be touched during debugging of failed builds) 3) it deletes newer folders if the content is older than the date
My structure looks like this: 13.05.2009 14:11 <DIR> NBS-run-20090513130209 14.05.2009 00:40 <DIR> NBS-run-20090514000143 15.05.2009 00:41 <DIR> NBS-run-20090515000237 16.05.2009 00:42 <DIR> NBS-run-20090516000221 17.05.2009 00:42 <DIR> NBS-run-20090517000157 18.05.2009 00:42 <DIR> NBS-run-20090518000126 19.05.2009 10:56 <DIR> NBS-run-20090519000110 20.05.2009 00:40 <DIR> NBS-run-20090520000252 .... And I want ant to delete those NBS-run-folders which are older than xy-days. Completely. Regardless if the content of these folders (files or subfolders) are oewer or older or whatever). The content of the NBS-run-folders wich are not older than xy-days must not be touched in any way. BTW: the format hint didn't work either. I'll try fiddeling around with dirset again. ///sascha/// -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: David Weintraub [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Juni 2009 20:13 An: Ant Users List Betreff: Re: delete directory structures older than X days I just ran a test: <project name="test.proj" default="test"> <target name="test"> <delete verbose="true" includeemptydirs="true"> <fileset dir="${basedir}"> <exclude name="build.xml"/> <date datetime="04/10/2009 12:00 AM" when="before"/> </fileset> </delete> </target> </project> And, this works great. One of the things I noticed is that the directory timestamp is updated when a file in that directory is deleted. Wonder if your "checkdirs" parameter might be affecting that. Try copying the build.xml I have up here, and manually modify the timestamp in the <date> selector to fit your needs. See if this deletes the files you're looking for. If it does, then try using your "borderline.timestamp" routine to fill in the timestamp and see if that does what you think it should do. That might be a problem because you have "17:32 PM" as a time instead of "5:32 PM". Change your format from: MM/dd/yyyy *HH*:mm aa to: MM/dd/yyyy *hh*:mm aa (Note the lowercase "h" specifying the hour!). On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Sascha Ernst <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > I googled the mailing list archive and found a matching solution based on > javascript for ant 1.5. > > I'm using ant 1.7.1 and tried this to delete NBS-folders > (NightlyBuildSystem) older than a specific amount of time. > > <target name="delete.old.stuff" > depends="init" > description="delete all NBS stuff which is older than a specific > amount of time"> > > <!-- start the timer --> > <stopwatch name="timer.delete.old.stuff"/> > > <!-- first calculate the borderline timestamp --> > <tstamp> > <format property="borderline.timestamp" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm aa" > offset="${deletion.threadshold}" unit="day"/> > </tstamp> > > <echo message="borderline.timestamp=${borderline.timestamp}" /> > > <!-- now delete all NBS checkouts and stuff older than that > boderline timestamp --> > <echo message="delete ${NBS.dir.prefix}** in ${nbsdir} before > ${borderline.timestamp}" /> > <delete includeemptydirs="true" verbose="true"> > <dirset dir="${nbsdir}" includes="${NBS.dir.prefix}**"> > <date datetime="${borderline.timestamp}" when="before" > checkdirs="true"/> > </dirset> > </delete> > > <!-- now determine the artifact folder --> > <property name="artifact.dir" > value="${builddir}/CruiseControl/artifacts/${projectname}" /> > > <echo message="artifact.dir=${artifact.dir}" /> > > <!-- now delete all artifacts and stuff older than that boderline > timestamp --> > <echo message="delete **/**/* in ${artifact.dir} before > ${borderline.timestamp}" /> > <delete includeemptydirs="true" verbose="true"> > <dirset dir="${artifact.dir}" includes="**/**/*"> > <date datetime="${borderline.timestamp}" when="before" > checkdirs="true"/> > </dirset> > </delete> > > <!-- print out timer and reset it --> > <stopwatch name="timer.delete.old.stuff" action="total"/> > > <echo message="DONE : delete.old.stuff" /> > </target> > > Unfortunately this construction does not delete anything :-( > > The console says this: > delete.old.stuff: > [echo] borderline.timestamp=06/06/2009 17:32 PM > [echo] delete NBS-run** in F:/NightlyBuildSystem before 06/06/2009 > 17:32 PM > [echo] > artifact.dir=F:\NightlyBuildSystem/CruiseControl/artifacts/Mailminder NBS > [echo] delete **/**/* in > F:\NightlyBuildSystem/CruiseControl/artifacts/Mailminder NBS before > 06/06/2009 17:32 PM > [stopwatch] [timer.delete.old.stuff: 0.844 sec] > [echo] DONE : delete.old.stuff > > Is there something I'm doing completely wrong? > Is there any possibility to delete such old stuff without using javascript > anyway? > > Thanks for your time and your help > > Regards > > ///Sascha Ernst/// > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- David Weintraub [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
