| <document> |
| <properties> |
| <title>Ant Tasks</title> |
| <author email="adammurdoch@apache.org">Adam Murdoch</author> |
| </properties> |
| |
| <body> |
| <section name="Ant Tasks"> |
| <p> |
| Commons VFS includes several Ant tasks that can be used |
| to create, delete, copy and move files of any supported type. |
| The tasks are: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="#V-Copy"> |
| <code><v-copy></code> |
| </a> |
| . |
| Copies a set of source folders and files to a destination |
| folder. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="#V-Delete"> |
| <code><v-delete></code> |
| </a> |
| . |
| Deletes a file or folder. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="#V-Mkdir"> |
| <code><v-mkdir></code> |
| </a> |
| . |
| Creates a folder. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="#V-Move"> |
| <code><v-move></code> |
| </a> |
| . |
| Moves a set of source folders and files to a destination |
| folder. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="#V-Sync"> |
| <code><v-sync></code> |
| </a> |
| . |
| Synchronises a destination folder with a set of source |
| folder and files. |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| All file name attributes support relative and absolute local |
| file names, and |
| <a href="filesystems.html">absolute URI</a> |
| . |
| File names are interpreted relative to the Ant project's base |
| directory. |
| </p> |
| |
| <subsection name="Using the Tasks"> |
| <p> |
| To use the Ant tasks, copy commons-vfs.jar and its |
| dependencies into the |
| <code>$ANT_HOME/lib</code> |
| directory, |
| and use the following in your Ant scipt to define the tasks: |
| </p> |
| |
| <source><![CDATA[ |
| <taskdef resource="org/apache/commons/vfs/tasks/tasks.properties"/> |
| ]]></source> |
| |
| <p> |
| Alternatively, you can provide an explicit classpath when |
| you define the tasks: |
| </p> |
| |
| <source><![CDATA[ |
| <taskdef resource="org/apache/commons/vfs/tasks/tasks.properties"> |
| <classpath> ... </classpath> |
| </taskdef> |
| ]]></source> |
| |
| <p> |
| You can also use antlib: |
| <br/> |
| <b>Notice: VFS tasks registered that way do not have te "v-" prefix.</b> |
| If you migrate to antlib simply replace "v-" by e.g. "vfs:" or whatever |
| namespace you use. |
| </p> |
| |
| <source><![CDATA[ |
| <project ... xmlns:vfs="antlib:org.apache.commons.vfs.tasks"> |
| <target name="dosomething"> |
| <vfs:copy .../> |
| </target> |
| </project> |
| ]]></source> |
| |
| </subsection> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="V-Copy"> |
| <p>Copies a set of files to a destination folder. Does not copy |
| source files where the destination file exists and is newer than |
| the source file. The copy task takes the following attributes:</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Name</th> |
| <th>Description</th> |
| <th>Required</th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>destdir</td> |
| <td>The destination folder. This folder is created if it |
| does not exist.</td> |
| <td rowspan="2">One only</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>destfile</td> |
| <td>The destination file. Can only be used if there is a |
| single source file.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>srcdir</td> |
| <td>The source folder. If used the includes and desdir |
| attributes should be specified.</td> |
| <td>No</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>includes</td> |
| <td>A comma or space separated list of files. The files |
| are resolved in combination with the specified |
| srcdir attribute.</td> |
| <td>Only if srcdir is specified.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>overwrite</td> |
| <td>Always copy files, ignoring the last-modified time of |
| the destination file.</td> |
| <td>No, default is |
| <code>false</code> |
| . |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>preservelastmodified</td> |
| <td>Set the last-modified time of destination files to |
| the same value as the source files. May not be supported |
| by the destination file system.</td> |
| <td>No, default is |
| <code>true</code> |
| . |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>srcdirisbase</td> |
| <td>Set whether the source directory should be used as base directory. |
| If set to true, the subdirectories of the specified directories will be copied as well.</td> |
| <td>No, default is |
| <code>false</code> |
| . |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>src</td> |
| <td>A source file or folder to copy. Copies all descendents |
| of a folder.</td> |
| <td>No</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <subsection name="Nested Elements"> |
| <p> |
| <b> |
| <code><src></code> |
| </b> |
| </p> |
| |
| <p>Defines a source file or folder to copy. It takes the |
| following attributes:</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Name</th> |
| <th>Description</th> |
| <th>Required</th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>file</td> |
| <td>The source file.</td> |
| <td>Yes</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="V-Move"> |
| <p>Moves a set of files to a destination folder. Has the same |
| attributes and elements as the copy task and following attributes:</p> |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Name</th> |
| <th>Description</th> |
| <th>Required</th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>tryRename</td> |
| <td>The destination folder. This folder is created if it |
| does not exist.</td> |
| <td>No, default is |
| <code>false</code> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="V-Sync"> |
| <p>Synchronises a destination folder with a set of source files. |
| Has the same attributes and elements as the copy task.</p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="V-Delete"> |
| <p>Deletes a file or folder. It takes the following attributes:</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Name</th> |
| <th>Description</th> |
| <th>Required</th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>file</td> |
| <td>The file or folder to delete. All descendents of |
| the folder are deleted.</td> |
| <td rowspan="2">One only</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>srcdir</td> |
| <td>The source folder. If used the includes attribute |
| should be specified.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>includes</td> |
| <td>A comma or space separated list of files. The files |
| are resolved in combination with the specified |
| srcdir attribute.</td> |
| <td>Only if srcdir is specified.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="V-Mkdir"> |
| <p>Creates a folder. It takes the following attributes:</p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Name</th> |
| <th>Description</th> |
| <th>Required</th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>dir</td> |
| <td>The folder create.</td> |
| <td>Yes</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| </section> |
| </body> |
| </document> |
