MS Build copy a list of directories stored in Item
copy, msbuild, msbuild-task, msbuildcommunitytasks
Solution
Arpit, You can use a kind of reversed solution: keep in List.txt the dirs you want excluded from copy. Based on this you can create your copyfileslist using 2 sets of dirs.
So my solution looks like this:
---- List.txt ---- dirs to be excluded ---
Demos\AccessDatabase
Demos\ActiveDirectoryMsi
Demos\JavaToolsMsi
Demos\JavaToolsMsi\Data
Demos\LocalUserGroupsMsi
Demos\MSSQLDatabase
Demos\StringToolsMsi
Demos\SystemToolsMsi
Demos\TemplateFilesMsi
Demos\UserPrivilegesMsi
Demos\WindowsServiceMsi
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My msbuild.proj:
<Project DefaultTargets="run" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" >
<Target Name="run">
<PropertyGroup>
<BuildPath>c:\tmp\msiext\msiext-1.3\trunk\src</BuildPath>
<PackageTemp>c:\tmp\</PackageTemp>
</PropertyGroup>
<ReadLinesFromFile File="List.txt" >
<Output TaskParameter="Lines"
ItemName="DirectoryList" />
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<Message Text="DirectoryList: @(DirectoryList)" />
<ItemGroup>
<PackageList Include="$(BuildPath)\%(DirectoryList.Identity)\**\*.*"
Exclude="$(BuildPath)\%(DirectoryList.Identity)\**\*.sql" />
</ItemGroup>
<!--<Message Text="PackageList: @(PackageList)" />-->
<Message Text="----------------------------------------------------------------------------" />
<CreateItem Include="$(BuildPath)\**\*.*" Exclude="@(PackageList)">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="NeededFiles"/>
</CreateItem>
<Message Text="NeededFiles: @(NeededFiles)" />
<Message Text="----------------------------------------------------------------------------" />
<Copy SourceFiles="@(NeededFiles)" DestinationFiles="@(NeededFiles->'$(PackageTemp)\%(RecursiveDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
</Target>
</Project>
Problem
I have a text file which contains some locations of the files which I want to copy to a temp directory ``` ---- List.txt ---- Build\Java Build\Classes ``` Now, I am fetching this list into an Item ``` <ReadLinesFromFile File="List.txt" > <Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="DirectoryList" /> </ReadLinesFromFile> ``` Now, In order to append the full path, and add some excludes, I am again storing it into another ItemGroup: ``` <ItemGroup> <PackageList Include="$(BuildPath)\%(DirectoryList.Identity)\**\*.*" Exclude="$(BuildPath)\%(DirectoryList.Identity)\**\*.pdb" /> </ItemGroup> <Copy SourceFiles="@(PackageList)" DestinationFiles="@(PackageList->'$(PackageTemp)\%(SourceDirectory)\%(DirInPackage)%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" /> ``` ISSUE: Actual Dir - ``` C:\Work\Build\Java\Debug C:\Work\Build\Java\Release C:\Work\Build\Classes\*.class ``` Content in O/p ``` C:\temp\Debug C:\temp\Release C:\temp\*.class ``` How to make it copy the corresponding "`Java`" and "`Classes`" folder also?