Delete Files and Directories Step

This step deletes a specified set of files and directories.

Required properties:

Property Name Description
Base Directory The starting directory from under which deletions are to be done.
Include Files

Specify a new-line-separated list of file/directory patterns to include.

Pattern Matching Rules:

* matches zero or more characters

? matches one character

** matches zero or more directories

Examples:

*.java - matches .java, x.java, and FooBar.java

?.java - matches x.java, A.java

**/*.txt - matches all txt files recursively

**/CVS/* - matches all files in CVS directories anywhere in the directory tree

org/apache/jakarta/** - matches all files in the org/apache/jakarta directory tree

org/apache/**/CVS/* - matches all files in CVS directories anywhere in the in the directory tree under org/apache/

**/test/** - matches all files that have a test element in their path, including test as a filename

Optional properties:

Property Name Description
Exclude Files Specify a new-line-separated list of file/directory patterns to exclude. Pattern matching rules are the same as those listed in Include Files.
Follow Symlinks

Select this to follow symbolic links when deleting. This deletes any files and directories linked to the files and directories in the deletion list.
Case Sensitive Select this for case sensitive name matching.