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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Peter Donald <do...@apache.org> on 2001/08/09 07:21:49 UTC
Re: Deleting Emacs backup files
Try
<delete>
<fileset dir="." includes="**/*~" defaultexcludes="no"/>
</delete>
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:24, Michael Leo wrote:
> Gang,
>
> Ant version: 1.3
> JDK version: 1.3.1
>
> I'm trying to delete the Emacs backup files
> from my tree using this target:
>
> <target name="clean">
> <delete>
> <fileset dir="." includes="**/*~"/>
> </delete>
> </target>
>
> It is pretty late, but I can't be that dumb.
>
> Oh! Emacs backup files are the same name as the file
> editted followed by a tilde (~) character:
>
> myfile.java
> myfile.java~
>
> Thanks for your time!
> Michael Leo mleo@cariboulake.com Java, Oracle
> Caribou Lake Software http://www.cariboulake.com Ingres, JDBC
>
> JSockets/JMobility: Tunnelling sockets over HTTP - REALLY!
--
Cheers,
Pete
*-----------------------------------------------------*
| "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, |
| and proving that there is no need to do so - almost |
| everyone gets busy on the proof." |
| - John Kenneth Galbraith |
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Re: Deleting Emacs backup files
Posted by Michael Leo <ml...@cariboulake.com>.
Puuurrrrfffeectttt!!!!
Thanks!
Mike Leo
At 03:21 PM 8/9/2001 +1000, Peter Donald wrote:
>Try
>
> <delete>
> <fileset dir="." includes="**/*~" defaultexcludes="no"/>
> </delete>
>
>
>On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:24, Michael Leo wrote:
> > Gang,
> >
> > Ant version: 1.3
> > JDK version: 1.3.1
> >
> > I'm trying to delete the Emacs backup files
> > from my tree using this target:
> >
> > <target name="clean">
> > <delete>
> > <fileset dir="." includes="**/*~"/>
> > </delete>
> > </target>
> >
> > It is pretty late, but I can't be that dumb.
> >
> > Oh! Emacs backup files are the same name as the file
> > editted followed by a tilde (~) character:
> >
> > myfile.java
> > myfile.java~
> >
> > Thanks for your time!
> > Michael Leo mleo@cariboulake.com Java, Oracle
> > Caribou Lake Software http://www.cariboulake.com Ingres, JDBC
> >
> > JSockets/JMobility: Tunnelling sockets over HTTP - REALLY!
>
>--
>Cheers,
>
>Pete
>
>*-----------------------------------------------------*
>| "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, |
>| and proving that there is no need to do so - almost |
>| everyone gets busy on the proof." |
>| - John Kenneth Galbraith |
>*-----------------------------------------------------*
>
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