--- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Diane Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A user posted a question about using <delete> with > > 'includeEmptyDirs' set, and from looking at Delete.java, I don't see > > it ever handling this -- but the doc seems to say it can (but maybe > > I missed how it's supposed to work). > > The task assumes that your include pattern matches the directories to > remove - i.e. the dirs are part of getIncludedDirectories.
So, for something like: build/a/foo.class build/a/b/foo.class build/a/b/c/foo.class build/a/b/c/d/foo.class Using <delete> as it currently exists, how would you specify the task in such a way so that any of the subdirs under build that get included in the fileset (because they include .class files) are deleted if the dir becomes empty once the .class files in it are deleted. I've tried about a zillion different ways, and none of them work -- so either I'm just being incredibly dense, or the current code doesn't do it for you. > Let's say you have > > <delete includeemptydirs="true"> > <fileset dir="foo"> > <include name="**/*.java" /> > </fileset> > </delete> > > and a structure like > > foo > /bar > /baz/A.java > > Is bar going to be removed? If yes, why? If not, why not? I would say not, since it's not a directory included in the generated fileset, since it doesn't have any .java files. But at this point, I'm so unclear about what 'includeEmptyDirs' is really suppposed to do (much less what it actually does do) that my opinion may be meaningless. > I didn't actually scan for it, but some of your lines didn't look > properly indented. You are not using tabs, are you? 8-) Never -- but I indent my own stuff 2 spaces not 4, so I may have simply not hit enough spaces at some points. > You'd probably have to ensure you are not adding directories that are > explicitly excluded by accident. Something like > > <delete includeemptydirs="true"> > <fileset dir="foo"> > <include name="**/*.java" /> > <exclude name="baz" /> > </fileset> > </delete> > > Your code would delete baz. It would? How? The directory names that are added to the list are a direct result of what's returned from the <fileset>, so how is "baz" going to end up in the list? Diane ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
