How to get files and directories name using Gradle?

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Xelian picture Xelian · Mar 11, 2014 · Viewed 35k times · Source

I have dir in which another task create files and directories so in this dir there are files, directories, subdirectroies, files in them and ect. I want to put all absolute path of files and directories in a list.

def listNames = project.fileTree('dir')

But only the files are included in the list, directories are missing. How to collect all of them?

Answer

Peter Niederwieser picture Peter Niederwieser · Mar 11, 2014 
def names = []
fileTree("baseDir").visit { FileVisitDetails details -> 
    names << details.file.path 
}

For further details, see FileTree in the Gradle Javadoc.

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