Thanks for the suggestions. Actually i would like to delete the child directories by using only once parent directory. Something similar to deleting set of only .java files under sub-directories. Hence i considered task like <fileset>, instead of directly deleting the child directories one after the other.
If you know or have encountered such situation please let me know how you resolved it. Thanks A Ton Rohit On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:34 AM, David Weintraub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried setting the "includeemptydirs" parameter in the delete > task to true? > > That will also delete any directory that is actually empty once the > files are deleted. > > You can also try <dirset> instead of <fileset>. > > -- > David Weintraub > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:45 AM, Rohit P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a directory "Parent" containing 6 "child" directories with files.I > > have a task of deleting only 4 "child" directories with their files. > > I tried 2 approaches in getting this done. But couldn't accomplish. > > > > Approach 1: > > > > <project name="Check Deletion task" basedir="." default="main"> > > > > <target name="main"> > > <delete> > > <fileset dir="C:\Rootdir\Maindir\Parent" excludes="**\child > 1\*, > > **\child 2\*, **\child5\*, **\child6\*"/> > > </delete> > > </target> > > </project> > > > > Result: This action deleted only the files under the child directories > > > > Approach 2: > > > > <project name="Check Deletion task" basedir="." default="main"> > > > > <target name="main"> > > <delete> > > <fileset dir="C:\Rootdir\Maindir\Parent\child 1"/> > > <fileset dir="C:\Rootdir\Maindir\Parent\child 2"/> > > <fileset dir="C:\Rootdir\Maindir\Parent\child5"/> > > <fileset dir="C:\Rootdir\Maindir\Parent\child6"/> > > </delete> > > </target> > > </project> > > > > Result: Same as approach 1 deleted all the files under respective child > > directories. > > > > Can anybody suggest me how to delete only 4 child directories and their > > files? > > > > Thanks A Ton > > Rohit > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
