This will delete everything in a directory but leave the
directory itself alone. It has the advantage that it won't
fail under win32 if you have a dos prompt open in the
'test' directory:
<target name='cleanWithFilesetAndIncludes' depends='clone'>
<delete includeEmptyDirs='true'>
<fileset dir='test'
defaultexcludes='no'
includes='**/*' />
</delete>
</target>
The defaultexcludes='no' is important in case you edited
some files in the test directory an your editor left
some backup file cruft.
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Ku [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:21 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How do I empty a directory in 1.4.1
How do I delete everything including subdirectories in
a directory, but keep the directory in 1.4.1?
The following works in 1.3, however, it removes the
directory itself in 1.4.1.
<delete includeEmptyDirs="true">
<fileset dir="${dist}" />
</delete>
I thought it's a bug at first, then I found the
documentation in 1.4.1 has changed for the last
example in the Delete task. The 2nd example in the
documentation
<delete dir="$(dist)">
does the samething as the last one. Why do we need
both if they are doeing exactly the same thing?
In order to may my old script work in 1.4.1, I have to
add the following right after my old script,
<mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
This works, but I wonder if there's a more elegant
way.
Thanks,
Barry
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