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# FileSet Members

FileSet overview

#### Public Static (Shared) Methods

FindMoreRecentLastWriteTime | Overloaded. Determines if a file has a more recent last write time than the given time, or no longer exists.

#### Public Instance Constructors

FileSet | Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the FileSet class.

#### Public Instance Properties

AsIs | Gets the collection of files that will be added to the FileSet without pattern matching or checking if the file exists.
BaseDirectory | The base of the directory of this fileset. The default is the project base directory.
CanBeReferenced (inherited from DataTypeBase) | Gets a value indicating whether a reference to the type can be defined.
CaseSensitive | Indicates whether include and exclude patterns must be treated in a case-sensitive way. The default is true on Unix; otherwise, false.
DefaultExcludes | Indicates whether default excludes should be used or not. The default is true.
DirectoryNames | Gets the collection of directory names that match the fileset.
ExcludeElements | The items to exclude from the fileset.
Excludes | Gets the collection of exclude patterns.
ExcludesFiles | The files from which a list of patterns or files to exclude should be obtained.
FailOnEmpty | When set to true, causes the fileset element to throw a ValidationException when no files match the includes and excludes criteria. The default is false.
FileNames | Gets the collection of file names that match the fileset.
ID (inherited from DataTypeBase) | The ID used to be referenced later.
IncludeElements | The items to include in the fileset.
Includes | Gets the collection of include patterns.
IncludesFiles | The files from which a list of patterns or files to include should be obtained.
MostRecentLastWriteTimeFile | Determines the most recently modified file in the fileset (by LastWriteTime of the FileInfo).
Name (inherited from DataTypeBase) | Gets the name of the datatype.
NamespaceManager (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XmlNamespaceManager.
Parent (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the parent of the element.
PathFiles |
Project (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the Project to which this element belongs.
Properties (inherited from Element) | Gets the properties local to this Element and the Project.
RefID (inherited from DataTypeBase) | The ID to use as the reference.
ScannedDirectories | Gets the collection of directory names that were scanned for files.
SetExcludes | Obsolete. The items to exclude from the fileset.
SetIncludes | Obsolete. The items to include in the fileset.
SetIncludesList | Obsolete. The files from which a list of patterns or files to include should be obtained.

#### Public Instance Methods

AddPatternSet | Adds a nested set of patterns, or references a standalone patternset.
Clone | Creates a shallow copy of the FileSet.
Equals (inherited from Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
GetHashCode (inherited from Object) | Serves as a hash function for a particular type.
GetLocation (inherited from Element) | Retrieves the location in the build file where the element is defined.
GetType (inherited from Object) | Gets the Type of the current instance.
Initialize (inherited from Element) | Overloaded. Performs default initialization.
Log (inherited from Element) | Overloaded. Logs a message with the given priority.
Reset |
Scan |
ToString |

#### Protected Instance Properties

CustomXmlProcessing (inherited from Element) | Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
Location (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
XmlNode (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XML node of the element.

#### Protected Instance Methods

CopyTo | Overloaded. Copies all instance data of the FileSet to a given FileSet.
CopyTo (inherited from DataTypeBase) | Overloaded. Copies all instance data of the DataTypeBase to a given DataTypeBase.
CopyTo (inherited from Element) | Overloaded. Copies all instance data of the Element to a given Element.
Finalize (inherited from Object) | Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
GetAttributeConfigurationNode (inherited from Element) | Overloaded. Locates the XML node for the specified attribute in the project configuration node.
Initialize | Overloaded.
InitializeElement (inherited from Element) | Obsolete. Derived classes should override to this method to provide extra initialization and validation not covered by the base class.
InitializeXml (inherited from Element) | Initializes all build attributes and child elements.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

#### Protected Internal Instance Properties

IsEverythingIncluded | Indicates whether or not every file and directory is included in the fileset list.

#### See Also

FileSet Class | NAnt.Core.Types Namespace | PatternSet