DeleteTask Class

Summary

Deletes a file, fileset or directory.
Assembly
NAnt.Core.dll
Namespace
NAnt.Core.Tasks
Interfaces
Base Types
graph BT Type-->Base0["Task"] click Base0 "/api/NAnt.Core/Task" Base0-->Base1["Element"] click Base1 "/api/NAnt.Core/Element" Base1-->Base2["Object"] Type-.->Interface0["IConditional"] click Interface0 "/api/NAnt.Core/IConditional" Type["DeleteTask"] class Type type-node

Syntax

[TaskName("delete")]
public class DeleteTask : Task, IConditional

Examples

Delete a single file.

<delete file="myfile.txt" />

Delete a directory and the contents within. If the directory does not exist, no error is reported. 

<delete dir="${build.dir}" />

Delete a set of files. 

    <delete>
    <fileset>
        <include name="${basename}-??.exe" />
        <include name="${basename}-??.pdb" />
    </fileset>
</delete>

Remarks

Deletes either a single file, all files in a specified directory and its sub-directories, or a set of files specified by one or more filesets.

If the NAnt.Core.Tasks.DeleteTask.File or NAnt.Core.Tasks.DeleteTask.Directory attribute is set then the fileset contents will be ignored. To delete the files in the fileset omit the NAnt.Core.Tasks.DeleteTask.File and NAnt.Core.Tasks.DeleteTask.Directory attributes in the <delete> element.

If the specified file or directory does not exist, no error is reported.

Read-only files cannot be deleted. Use the NAnt.Core.Tasks.AttribTask first to remove the read-only attribute.

Attributes

Type Description
TaskNameAttribute Indicates that class should be treated as a task.

Properties

Name Value Summary
CustomXmlProcessing bool
Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the NAnt.Core.Element.XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
Inherited from Element
DeleteFileSet FileSet
All the files in the file set will be deleted.
Directory DirectoryInfo
The directory to delete.
FailOnError bool
Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true.
Inherited from Task
File FileInfo
The file to delete.
IfDefined bool
If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.
Inherited from Task
IncludeEmptyDirs bool
Remove any empty directories included in the NAnt.Core.Types.FileSet. The default is true.
Location Location
Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
Inherited from Element
LogPrefix string
The prefix used when sending messages to the log.
Inherited from Task
Name string
The name of the task.
Inherited from Task
NamespaceManager XmlNamespaceManager
Gets or sets the System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager.
Inherited from Element
Parent Object
Gets or sets the parent of the element.
Inherited from Element
Project Project
Gets or sets the NAnt.Core.Element.Project to which this element belongs.
Inherited from Element
Properties PropertyDictionary
Gets the properties local to this NAnt.Core.Element and the NAnt.Core.Element.Project.
Inherited from Element
Threshold Level
Gets or sets the log threshold for this NAnt.Core.Task. By default the threshold of a task is NAnt.Core.Level.Debug, causing no messages to be filtered in the task itself.
Inherited from Task
UnlessDefined bool
Opposite of NAnt.Core.Task.IfDefined. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.
Inherited from Task
Verbose bool
Controls whether to show the name of each deleted file or directory. The default is false.
XmlNode XmlNode
Gets or sets the XML node of the element.
Inherited from Element

Methods

Name Value Summary
CopyTo(Element) void
Copies all instance data of the NAnt.Core.Element to a given NAnt.Core.Element.
Inherited from Element
Execute() void
Executes the task unless it is skipped.
Inherited from Task
ExecuteTask() void
Executes the task.
GetAttributeConfigurationNode(FrameworkInfo, string) XmlNode
Locates the XML node for the specified attribute in either the configuration section of the extension assembly or the.project.
Inherited from Task
GetAttributeConfigurationNode(XmlNode, FrameworkInfo, string) XmlNode
Inherited from Element
GetLocation() Location
Retrieves the location in the build file where the element is defined.
Inherited from Element
Initialize() void
Ensures the supplied attributes are valid.
Initialize(XmlNode) void
Performs default initialization.
Inherited from Element
InitializeBuildElement(Element, XmlNode, Element, Type) Element
Initializes the build element.
Inherited from Element
static
InitializeElement(XmlNode) void
Derived classes should override to this method to provide extra initialization and validation not covered by the base class.
Inherited from Element
InitializeTask(XmlNode) void
Initializes the task.
Inherited from Task
InitializeTaskConfiguration() void
Initializes the configuration of the task using configuration settings retrieved from the NAnt configuration file.
Inherited from Task
InitializeXml(XmlNode, PropertyDictionary, FrameworkInfo) void
Initializes all build attributes and child elements.
Inherited from Element
IsLogEnabledFor(Level) bool
Determines whether build output is enabled for the given NAnt.Core.Level.
Inherited from Task
Log(Level, string) void
Logs a message with the given priority.
Inherited from Task
Log(Level, string, Object[]) void
Logs a formatted message with the given priority.
Inherited from Task