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gk - 02 Jan 2006 09:08 GMT

<fileset dir="${web}" includes="**/*.*" />

what does it mean by preceeding "**" ?

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Andrew McDonagh - 02 Jan 2006 09:10 GMT

> <fileset dir="${web}" includes="**/*.*" />
>
> what does it mean by preceeding "**" ?

http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTypes/fileset.html

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gk - 02 Jan 2006 09:16 GMT

already visited that link.
not understood.

whats the difference between

includes="**/*.*"

and

includes="*.*"

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gk - 02 Jan 2006 09:31 GMT

what does it mean by preceeding "**" in "**/*.*"

if you know Ant , please answer.

thank you

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Gordon Beaton - 02 Jan 2006 09:53 GMT

> what does it mean by preceeding "**" in "**/*.*"
>
> if you know Ant , please answer.

I don't know Ant, but have spent 5 minutes browsing the documentation
to find the answer.

"**" matches multiple directory levels, so "**/*.*" matches all files
(with an extension) in the directory tree.

Read the examples and descriptions on this page:

http://ant.apache.org/manual/dirtasks.html

/gordon

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gk - 02 Jan 2006 10:51 GMT

so, if the root dir has /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4

then **/*.* from "/" directory would include all files from
dir1,dir2,dir3,dir4 ?

Thank you

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Patrick Kelleners - 02 Jan 2006 16:12 GMT

*.* means all file with a dot inside this Dir
and
**/*.* all file with a dot inside this Dir and the Subdirs

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