Actually, on second thought, there is more to this.
Remember that fileset default to includes="**" and no excludes. Now consider
<delete> <fileset dir="extremely-important-files" includesfile="some-not-so-important-files"/> </delete>
If some-not-so-important-files isn't there, Ant will barf now. I guess most people prefer this over having Ant delete all files in the extremely-important-files directory instead.
Yes, I agree with the current behavior for includesfiles, but to my current use the excludesfile is a different type of scenario. I want all files included except ones that are listed in an optional file. The <available> and <excludesfile if="..."/> works fine for me though, so I retract my original request :)
Erik
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