You need to turn off default excludes. emacs backup files are normally
ignored
defaultexcludes="false"
Conor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Leo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2001 3:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Deleting Emacs backup files
>
>
> Gang,
>
> Ant version: 1.3
> JDK version: 1.3.1
>
> I'm trying to delete the Emacs backup files
> from my tree using this target:
>
> <target name="clean">
> <delete>
> <fileset dir="." includes="**/*~"/>
> </delete>
> </target>
>
> It is pretty late, but I can't be that dumb.
>
> Oh! Emacs backup files are the same name as the file
> editted followed by a tilde (~) character:
>
> myfile.java
> myfile.java~
>
> Thanks for your time!
> Michael Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Java, Oracle
> Caribou Lake Software http://www.cariboulake.com Ingres, JDBC
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