Re: exclusion in file patterns

Tim Hemel wrote:

> > FILES = tree("www/*",exclude="CVS,AAPDIR,*.bak")
>
> Hmm, that can be generalized to
> 
> VAR = @PY-FUNC(...)
> 
> Is it possible to assign the result of a Python function to an aap variable?

Yes, you can use backticks.  See http://www.a-a-p.org/exec/tutor-python.html
"Expressions" section.

> If it is not possible, then perhaps the pattern syntax can be extended as
> follows (a bit like how teTeX does it):
> 
> www//  (all files below www)
> www//css (all css dirs below www, note that this differs from www/*/css!)
> www//*.php (all php files)
> 
> Then, I can use an extra attribute with the publish action, such as
> { publish_exclude = CVS } or
> { publish_exclude = $FILES_THAT_ARE_NOT_IMPORTANT }
> to make publish skip certain files.

Selecting files to use is a generic thing, I don't think it should be
combined with specific commands such as publish.

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