Both the fileset and dirtasks sections of the manual have some discussion about patterns.
If you use name="**/*" it would mean that you want all files in all directories in the current directory and below it. HTH Bill -----Original Message----- From: murthy gandikota [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 11:46 AM To: user@ant.apache.org Subject: help with exclude patterns <copy todir="bin" overwrite="true" includeEmptyDirs="false" failonerror="false"> <fileset dir="/a/bin"> <exclude name="*/**/*"/> </fileset> </copy> Can someone please tell me how to interpret the asterisk? TIA Murthy --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]