You could write a <remotefileset> selector if you would like. You are probably not the first to have a need/desire for this functionality. The Ant project is a great example of users filling their needs while contributing to make the project better. I encourage you to participate. Some would even call it fun :)
-Rob Anderson -----Original Message----- From: Reinhardt Christiansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:37 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Question about scp I see. Well, it's nice to know that it wasn't a case of me being stupid. It's a shame that it has to be that complicated to copy a tree from the remote Linux machine to my PC but that's life, I suppose. Thanks for the information. -- Rhino Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) wrote: > You need to use a nested fileset in your scp task. In order to do this > you would need to run ant on the host where the files reside. You cannot > use a nested fileset as a source for the copy when they are on a remote > host. I would setup cygwin sshd on the windows box and run ant on the > linux box. > > > > -Rob Anderson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reinhardt Christiansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 7:15 AM > To: ant-user > Subject: Question about scp > > I am successfully using the Ant (1.7.0) scp task in Ant 1.7.0 but I have > > some questions that don't seem to be answered in the documentation. > > With respect to scp, is it possible to copy a whole directory tree from > a local machine to a remote machine? > > Let's say I have this directory tree on my remote (Linux) machine: > > /home > /home/abc > /home/abc/css > /home/abc/images > /home/abc/images/thumbnails > /home/abc/images/thumbnails/new > /home/abc/images/fullsize > /home/abc/text > /home/abc/text/foo > /home/abc/text/foo/old > /home/abc/text/foo/new > /home/abc/text/bar > /home/abc/text/baz > > Each directory contains files and most also contain subdirectories. > > Now, I'd like to take a backup of this information on my local (Windows) > > machine. That backup should replicate the structure on the remote > machine, like this: > > c:\backups\abc > c:\backups\abc\css > c:\backups\abc\images > c:\backups\abc\images\thumbnails > c:\backups\abc\images\thumbnails\new > c:\backups\abc\images\fullsize > c:\backups\abc\text > c:\backups\abc\text\foo > c:\backups\abc\text\foo\old > c:\backups\abc\text\foo\new > c:\backups\abc\text\bar > c:\backups\abc\text\baz > > I'm finding that I can copy a partial directory tree from the remote > machine to the local machine without any trouble. For example, if I want > > to copy the /home/abc/images directory _and all of its subdirectories_ > on the remote machine to the local machine, I can do it easily enough > via: > > <scp > file="[EMAIL PROTECTED]:${remote.root.dir}/images/*" > trust="true" > keyfile="${remote.keyfile}" passphrase="${passphrase}" > todir="${local.dir}/images"/> > > > However, when I try to copy a partial directory from the local machine > to the remote machine, it only ever copies the highest level directory > and won't recurse to the lower levels. For example, if I want to copy > c:\backups\abc\text to the remote machine, It only copies the > c:\backups\abc\text directory and never recurses down to any of the > subdirectories below c:\backups\abc\text. > > I'm guessing that I just haven't written the scp instructions correctly. > > As is all too often the case, I'm finding that the examples in the Ant > manual for a given command either don't show you an example of what > you're trying to do or fail to explain it very well. In the case of scp, > > the examples that show copying directories from a local machine to a > remote machine don't indicate if they _can_ recurse, let alone how to > make it recurse if it is possible. > > Is it possible to recurse through subdirectories when copying from a > directory on a local machine to a remote machine? If it is, could > someone please tell me what I'd need to write to copy > c:\backups\abc\text and all of its subdirectories to the remote machine? > > I've tried it every way I can think of but it never recurses. > > > -- > Rhino > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
