It is in the manual for <delete>:
<delete includeemptydirs="true">
<fileset dir="build" includes="**/*"/>
</delete>
deletes all files and subdirectories of build, without build itself.
Peter
On 1/12/07, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- "Daffin, Miles (IT)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I want to delete everything in a base directory but
> *not* the base dir
> itself. (The base dir *must not be deleted* because
> it is a mount point,
> not a dir that can be created/deleted in a normal
> manner.) If I do this:
>
> <delete verbose="true" >
> <fileset dir="${install.common.dir}" />
> </delete>
>
> all files are deleted *but* it leaves empty dirs
> behind. I want the
> empty dirs gone. However, if I tell delete to
> includeemptydirs then the
> base dir is deleted too!
>
> <delete verbose="true" includeemptydirs="true">
> <fileset dir="${install.common.dir}" />
> </delete>
>
> Is this a bug? If not then how can I do this task?
Have you tried:
<delete>
<fileset dir="${install.common.dir}"
includes="**/*" />
</delete>
?
(this should probably be a F.A.Q.)
HTH,
Matt
>
> Cordially,
>
> Miles
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