There is an example from Rob Anderson included in the email thread for this topic. It uses <tstamp> to do the math and <date> in <fileset> to do the selection. Bill
-----Original Message----- From: Elaine Fortin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:08 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: AW: Ant exec find -exec problem With the <date> attribute of <fileset>, how do I specify " today less ${requested.days} " ? I don't see any way of doing math functions on dates in Ant. Thanks, Elaine At 01:26 PM 11/16/2006 +0100, you wrote: >In Ant you should not think about what to do with each single file. >Catch all at once. > >Move multiple files with <move> >"select" old files using <fileset><date> > > >Jan > > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >Von: Peter Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. November 2006 22:14 > >An: Ant Users List > >Betreff: Re: Ant exec find -exec problem > > > >three answers: > >1) you do not need to escape the args for find as > > you are not using a shell: > ><exec executable="find"> > > <line ="./feeds -name myFilename* -mtime +10 -exec mv {} > >./feeds_backup;"/> </exec> > >2) for is only for ant1.6+ so to avoid confusion with ant1.5 it > > is only defined in the xml task/type definitions of ant-contrib. > > The recommended way to use this is via xml namespaces, drop > > ant-contrib.jar into $ANT_HOME/lib or ~/.ant/lib > > and declare the antlib namespace antlib:net.sf.antcontrib > > > ><project xmlns:ac="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"> > > <ac:for list="a,b,c,d" param="p"> > > <sequential> > > <echo>param is @{p}</echo> > > </sequential> > > </ac:for> > ></project> > > > >3) I normally use the shellscript task from antcontrib: > > <ac:shellscript shell="bash"> > > find ./feeds -name myFilename* -mtime +10 -exec mv '{}' > >./feeds_backup \; > > </ac:shellscript> > > > >Peter > > > >On 11/15/06, Elaine Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This looks very good. I do have antcontrib but I see that the 'for' > >> task isn't operational. It's actually commented out in the > >> antcontrib.properties, as "Tasks Requiring Ant 1.6 or > >higher" and this > >> is Ant 1.6.5 ! Huh? I will uncomment it and see if that > >works. Thanks! > >> > >> At 11:41 AM 11/15/2006 -0800, you wrote: > >> >I have a target in my build.xml that deletes files older > >than 60 days. > >> >Here is how I did it purely in Ant... > >> > > >> > <tstamp> > >> > <format property="60_days_ago" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa" > >> >offset="-60" unit="day"/> > >> > </tstamp> > >> > > >> > <path id="aged.archives"> > >> > <fileset dir="${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 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > > --- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >> > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>- > >> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >> >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >additional > >> commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional >commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
