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From: Stefan Bodewig <bodewig@apache.org>
Date: 25 Jun 2001 12:19:13 +0200
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Patrick O'Hara <patrick.ohara@workscape.com> wrote:

> I want a task to delete all files in a subdirectory that have a bak
> extension.

OK, use includes="**/*.bak" on your fileset.

> The directory may or may not have files in it.  I find that the
> delete task will delete the directory if there are no files in it.

If your don't want this, set includeemptydirs to false, so it should
be

<delete includeemptydirs="false">
  <fileset dir="your-top-dir-here" includes="**/*.bak" />
</delete>

Does this do what you want?

Stefan