Two asterisks in file path
What does the following file path mean?
$(Services_Jobs_Drop_Path)\**\*.config
The variable just holds some path, nothing interesting. I'm a lot more concerned, what the hell the ** mean.
Any ideas?
P.S. The following path is used in msbuild scripts, if it helps.
Answer
\**\ This pattern is often used in Copy Task for recursive folder tree traversal. Basically it means that all files with extension config would be processed from the all subdirectories of $(Services_Jobs_Drop_Path) path.
MSDN, Using Wildcards to Specify Items:
You can use the **, *, and ? wildcard characters to specify a group of files as inputs for a build instead of listing each file separately.
- The ? wildcard character matches a single character.
- The * wildcard character matches zero or more characters.
- The ** wildcard character sequence matches a partial path.
MSDN, Specifying Inputs with Wildcards
To include all .jpg files in the Images directory and subdirectories Use the following Include attribute:
Include="Images\**\*.jpg"