howto?: copy file with filename match on regexp

[Bill Milbratz <bm...@outstart.com>]

Hi all,

 

Again, I have a well-defined problem which testing and searching has
yielded no fruit. Alas, I probably have missed something:

 

Problem:

I want to copy files with regexp selection based on a match in the
filename. For example, perform different copying alternatively
selecting/excluding the files whose 'basenames' start with decimals
(e.g. 77basic.css, 88neo.css).

 

Example data:

/path/to/my/skins/dir/basic.css

/path/to/my/skins/dir/77basic.css

/path/to/my/skins/dir/neo.css

/path/to/my/skins/dir/88neo.css

 

In testing and examining the source code, it looks like:

*         The  'includes' attribute of the 'fileset' element does not do
regexp matching

*         The 'containsRegexp' selector matches on the *contents* of the
file, not the name of the file.

 

 

Example regexps to match on file full-path name:

'does not begin with numeral': 

.*/\D\w*.css

 

'does begin with numeral': 

.*/\d++\w*.css

 

bill