> This looks very good. I do have antcontrib but I see that the
> 'for' task isn't operational. It's actually commented out in
> the antcontrib.properties, as "Tasks Requiring Ant 1.6 or
> higher" and this is Ant 1.6.5 ! Huh? I will uncomment it and
> see if that works. Thanks!
It's been a while, but I seem to remember a similar issue when I started
using the <for> task. Uncommenting should do it.
-Rob A
>
> At 11:41 AM 11/15/2006 -0800, you wrote:
> >I have a target in my build.xml that deletes files older
> than 60 days.
> >Here is how I did it purely in Ant...
> >
> > <tstamp>
> > <format property="60_days_ago" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa"
> >offset="-60" unit="day"/>
> > </tstamp>
> >
> > <path id="aged.archives">
> > <fileset dir="${archive.dir}" includes="**/*">
> > <date datetime="${60_days_ago}" when="before"/>
> > </fileset>
> > </path>
> >
> > <target name="rmagedfiles">
> > <echo>Deleting files older than 60 days from the
> archive:</echo>
> > <for param="file">
> > <path refid="aged.archives"/>
> > <sequential>
> > <delete file="@{file}"/>
> > </sequential>
> > </for>
> > </target>
> >
> >You could easily change this to move files older than 10 days. Note
> >that this makes use of the <for> task from the ant-contrib project
> >(http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/tasks/tasks/index.html)
> >
> >I hope this helps.
> >
> >-Rob Anderson
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Elaine Fortin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:21 AM
> > > To: user@ant.apache.org
> > > Subject: Ant exec find -exec problem
> > >
> > > I am trying to create an Ant script to move files that
> are 10 days
> > > old to a backup directory.
> > > I cannot find how to do this purely in Ant, but I know
> that the Unix
> > > 'find'
> > > works.
> > >
> > > Ant returns the error: "[exec] /bin/find: incomplete statement"
> > >
> > > when I issue the following:
> > > <exec executable="find">
> > > <arg line="find ./feeds -name
> > > myFilename* -mtime +10 -exec mv '{}' ./feeds_backup \; "/>
> > > </exec>
> > >
> > > This command works fine when issued from a Unix shell:
> > > find ./feeds -name myFilename* -mtime +10 -exec mv '{}'
> > > ./feeds_backup \;
> > >
> > > How can I make this work?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Elaine
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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