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<h2><a name="echo">DefaultExcludes</a></h2>
<p><em>since Ant 1.6</em></p>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Alters the default excludes for all subsequent processing in the
build, and prints out the current default excludes if desired.
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">echo</td>
<td valign="top">whether or not to print out the default excludes.(defaults to false)</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">attribute "true" required if no
other attribute specified</td>
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<td valign="top">default</td>
<td valign="top">go back to hard wired default excludes</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">attribute "true" required if no
if no other attribute is specified</td>
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<td valign="top">add</td>
<td valign="top">the pattern to add to the default excludes</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">if no other attribute is specified</td>
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<td valign="top">remove</td>
<td valign="top">remove the specified pattern from the default excludes</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">if no other attribute is specified</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<p>Print out the default excludes</p>
<pre> <defaultexcludes echo="true"/></pre>
<p>Print out the default excludes and exclude all *.bak files in
<strong>all</strong> further processing</p>
<pre> <defaultexcludes echo="true" add="**/*.bak"/></pre>
<p>Silently allow several fileset based tasks to operate on emacs
backup files and then restore normal behavior</p>
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<defaultexcludes remove="**/*~"/>
(do several fileset based tasks here)
<defaultexcludes default="true"/>
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