Apache Ant TasksRenameExtensionsRenameExtensionsDeprecatedThis task has been deprecated. Use the movetask with a glob mapper instead. DescriptionRenames files in the srcDir directory ending with thefromExtension string so that they end with thetoExtension string. Files are only replaced ifreplace is true See the section ondirectory based tasks, on how theinclusion/exclusion of files works, and how to write patterns.This task forms an implicit FileSet andsupports most attributes of <fileset> (dir becomes srcDir ) as well as the nested<include> , <exclude> and<patternset> elements. Parameters Attribute | Description | Required | defaultexcludes | indicates whether default excludes should be used or not ("yes"/"no"). Default excludes are used when omitted. | No | excludes | comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be excluded. No files (except default excludes) are excluded when omitted. | No | excludesfile | the name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an exclude pattern | No | fromExtention | The string that files must end in to be renamed | Yes | includes | comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be included. All files are included when omitted. | No | includesfile | the name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an include pattern | No | replace | Whether the file being renamed to should be replaced if it already exists | No | srcDir | The starting directory for files to search in | Yes | toExtension | The string that renamed files will end with on completion | Yes | Examples <renameext srcDir="/source/project1" includes="**" excludes="**/samples/*" fromExtension=".java.keep" toExtension=".java" replace="true"/>
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