This would work.
However, it it very dangerous, it it too easy to
delete stuff that you do not wont to.
I would place *all* the generated artifacts of a build in a
special directory - "build" or "target", and for
the clean target, simply delete that directory.
<delete dir="build"/>
Peter
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Tim Visher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey David,
>
> Thanks for the help. This is the final copy, and it appears to be working.
>
> <target name="clean" depends="init" >
> <delete includeemptydirs="true">
> <fileset dir="${basedir}">
> <exclude name="build.xml"/>
> <exclude name="test.xml"/>
> <exclude name="src/**/*"/>
> <exclude name="tests/**/*"/>
> </fileset>
> </delete>
> </target>
>
> I had to add the /* to the end of the directories to get the actual
> files under those directory trees to be excluded, but other than that
> it's pretty much what you had. In the docs, they say you're supposed
> to be able to have each of the exclude/include statements incorporate
> a group of patterns, separated by ',' or ' ', but I haven't been able
> to get this to work. Anyone know anything about those?
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:21 AM, David Weintraub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> One more thing I just noticed (bad eyesight due to staring at computer
>> screens for way too long), You have just "src/*" and "test/*". You
>> probably want "src/**" and "test/**". A single asterisk means just the
>> current directory. A double asterisk means all subdirectories too.
>>
>> --
>> David Weintraub
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Tim Visher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Partially solved my own problem at this point. No longer getting
>>> NullPointer but I still can't get the right includes. My syntax must
>>> be off or something. Good news is that the exclude seems to be
>>> working.
>>>
>>> Current target contents:
>>> <target name="clean" depends="init" >
>>> <delete>
>>> <fileset dir="." includes="**/*">
>>> <exclude name="build.xml" />
>>> <exclude name="test.xml" />
>>> <exclude name="src/*" />
>>> <exclude name="test/*" />
>>> </fileset>
>>> </delete>
>>> </target>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Tim Visher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> Hey Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to develop a clean target that essentially deletes
>>>> everything but a given set of files, rather than explicitly specifying
>>>> everything to delete. This seems like a slightly more elegant
>>>> solution than the alternative, but I'm having very little success at
>>>> the moment. I've included the contents of the clean target here
>>>> (since it's pretty small at the moment). Any help would be greatly
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Now:
>>>> <target name="clean" depends="init" >
>>>> <delete failonerror="false">
>>>> <fileset>
>>>> <not>
>>>> <filename name="build.xml" />
>>>> <filename name="test.xml" />
>>>> <filename name="src/*" />
>>>> <filename name="tests/*" />
>>>> </not>
>>>> </fileset>
>>>> </delete>
>>>> </target>
>>>>
>>>> Former:
>>>> <target name="clean" depends="init" >
>>>> <delete dir="${build}" />
>>>> <delete dir="${dist}" />
>>>> <delete dir="${doc}" />
>>>> <delete dir="${tests:out}" />
>>>> <delete dir="${tests:reports}" />
>>>> </target>
>>>>
>>>> FYI: I'm actually failing on an error, a Null Pointer Exception to be
>>>> exact. So it's not only not deleting the desired fileset; it's not
>>>> even executing.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> In Christ,
>>>>
>>>> Timmy V.
>>>>
>>>> http://burningones.com/
>>>> http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> In Christ,
>>>
>>> Timmy V.
>>>
>>> http://burningones.com/
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>
> Timmy V.
>
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