Author: mbenson
Date: Fri Jan 12 11:40:21 2007
New Revision: 495705
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=495705
Log:
commit doc xml after the fact 'cause I'm too dumb to generate docs. :(
Modified:
ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml
Modified: ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml?view=diff&rev=495705&r1=495704&r2=495705
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--- ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.xml Fri Jan 12 11:40:21 2007
@@ -681,10 +681,27 @@
]]></source>
</answer>
</faq>
+
+ <faq id="delete-directory-children-only">
+ <question>How can I delete everything beneath a particular directory,
+ preserving the directory itself?</question>
+ <answer>
+<p>Most users who go down this path have no problem figuring out that
+ <code><delete includeemptydirs="true" /></code> will help them.
The
+ seemingly tricky part is preserving the base directory itself,
+ which Ant includes in the directory scan. Fortunately the answer is simple:
+</p>
+ <source><![CDATA[
+<delete includeemptydirs="true">
+ <fileset dir="dirtokeep" includes="**/*" />
+</delete>
+]]></source>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
</faqsection>
<faqsection title="It doesn't work (as expected)">
- <faq id="genral-advice">
+ <faq id="general-advice">
<question>General Advice</question>
<answer>
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