Bob, Brass, et. al., No luck so far. I tried all permutations that both you and Bob suggested, plus a variety of others. Bottom line is that I can't get <delete> to work on a <fileset><include> item that represents a directory--no way, no how. I'm really baffled as to why this doesn't work. Might be time to dig into the source code or write a custom task.
Unfortunately, using <exclude> instead of <include> is not an option as there are over 7000 files in these directories--no way to clearly indicated what should be included. I'm trying to automate a process for surgically cleaning out our deployment directories based on an explicit list of files and sub-directories. Any other clues or ideas would be greatly appreciated. <include name="**/Dashboard/**" /> Works, but leaves all directories. <include name="Dashboard/**" /> Does not work at all. KP -----Original Message----- From: Brass Tilde [mailto:brassti...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:00 PM To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] Delete not removing directories ... > <delete verbose="true" includeemptydirs="true" > > <fileset basedir="${PurgeDeployDirectory_dir}" > defaultexcludes="false" > > <include name="**/_vti_cnf" /> > <include name="**/XX*" /> > <include name="Dashboard" /> > </fileset> > </delete> > > </target> What happens if you use "**/_vti_cnf/" or "**/_vti_cnf/**" and "Dashboard/" or "Dashboard/**" instead? /bs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users