How to create copying items from property values?
- by Nam Gi VU
Let's say I have a list of sub paths such as
<PropertyGroup>
<subPaths>$(path1)\**\*; $(path2)\**\*; $(path3)\file3.txt; </subPaths>
</PropertyGroup>
I want to copy these files from folder A to folder B (surely we already have all the sub folders/files in A). What I try was:
<Target Name="Replace" DependsOnTargets="Replace_Init; Replace_Copy1Path">
</Target>
<Target Name="Replace_Init">
<PropertyGroup>
<subPaths>$(path1)\**\*; $(path2)\**\*; $(path3)\file3.txt; </subPaths>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<subPathItems Include="$(subPathFiles.Split(';'))" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
<Target Name="Replace_Copy1Path" Outputs="%(subPathItems.Identity)">
<PropertyGroup>
<src>$(folderA)\%(subPathItems.Identity)</src>
<dest>$(folderB)\%(subPathItems.Identity)</dest>
</PropertyGroup>
<Copy SourceFiles="$(src)" DestinationFiles="$(dest)" />
</Target>
But the Copy task didn't work. It doesn't translate the *** to files. What did I do wrong? Please help!
