bodewig 2004/11/18 01:44:28 Modified: docs/manual dirtasks.html Log: Clarify patterns, PR: 32148 Revision Changes Path 1.23 +9 -0 ant/docs/manual/dirtasks.html Index: dirtasks.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/manual/dirtasks.html,v retrieving revision 1.22 retrieving revision 1.23 diff -u -r1.22 -r1.23 --- dirtasks.html 20 Apr 2004 12:48:43 -0000 1.22 +++ dirtasks.html 18 Nov 2004 09:44:28 -0000 1.23 @@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ of files. These patterns look very much like the patterns used in DOS and UNIX:</p> <p>'*' matches zero or more characters, '?' matches one character.</p> + +<p>In general, patterns are considered relative paths, relative to a +task dependent base directory (the dir attribute in the case of +<code><fileset></code>). Only files found below that base +directory are considered. So while a pattern like +<code>../foo.java</code> is possible, it will not match anything when +applied since the base directory's parent is never scanned for +files.</p> + <p><b>Examples:</b></p> <p> <code>*.java</code> matches <code>.java</code>,
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