Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 51716 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2000 00:24:11 -0000 Received: from multit.lnk.telstra.net (HELO gateway.multitask.com.au) (139.130.63.146) by 63.211.145.10 with SMTP; 1 Feb 2000 00:24:11 -0000 Subject: RE: Objections against advanced directory scanning To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Cc: Bcc: X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.2b (Intl) 16 December 1999 Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:17:22 GMT Message-ID: From: dion@multitask.com.au X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on gateway/Multitask Consulting/AU(Release 5.0a (Intl)|4 May 1999) at 01/02/2000 11:32:28 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii "i'm not sure this helps but if the "*" appears before a "/" doesn't this mean that it refers to a directory in all cases?" It could refer to a directory or multiple directories, i.e. Includes="/test/*/*.java" recurse="true" matches to /test/a/a.java and to /test/a/b/c/d.java -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Play: http://www.trongus.com