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Operators

Contains operators to find and process files. This module is part of the Fake.IO.FileSystem package

Simple glob using as list

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#r "paket: nuget Fake.IO.FileSystem //"
open Fake.IO.Globbing.Operators
let csProjectFiles = !! "src/*.csproj"

for projectFile in csProjectFiles do
    printf "F# ProjectFile: %s" projectFile

Combine globs

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#r "paket: nuget Fake.IO.FileSystem //"
open Fake.IO.Globbing.Operators
let projectFiles =
    !! "src/*/*.*proj"
    ++ "src/*/*.target"
    -- "src/*/*.vbproj"

for projectFile in projectFiles do
    printf "ProjectFile: %s" projectFile

Forward globs to tasks

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#r "paket:
nuget Fake.Core.Target
nuget Fake.IO.FileSystem //"
open Fake.Core
open Fake.IO
open Fake.IO.Globbing.Operators
Target.create "Clean" (fun _ ->
   !! "src/*/*/obj/**/*.nuspec"
   |> File.deleteAll
)
namespace Fake
namespace Fake.IO
namespace Fake.IO.Globbing
module Operators

from Fake.IO.Globbing
val csProjectFiles : Fake.IO.IGlobbingPattern
val projectFile : string
val printf : format:Printf.TextWriterFormat<'T> -> 'T
val projectFiles : Fake.IO.IGlobbingPattern
namespace Fake.Core
Multiple items
module Target

from Fake.Core

--------------------
type Target =
  { Name: string
    Dependencies: string list
    SoftDependencies: string list
    Description: TargetDescription option
    Function: TargetParameter -> unit }
    member DescriptionAsString : TargetDescription
val create : name:string -> body:(TargetParameter -> unit) -> unit
module File

from Fake.IO
val deleteAll : files:seq<string> -> unit

Functions and values

Function or valueDescription
( -- ) x pattern
Signature: x:IGlobbingPattern -> pattern:string -> IGlobbingPattern

Exclude operator
( !! )(x)
Signature: x:string -> IGlobbingPattern

Includes a single pattern and scans the files - !! x = AllFilesMatching x
( ++ ) x pattern
Signature: x:IGlobbingPattern -> pattern:string -> IGlobbingPattern

Add Include operator