<pvcsdelete>

Deletes folder, projects, versioned items and workspaces in a PVCS repository.

This task uses the delete PCLI command to delete the items.

Parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
projectdatabase	string	Gets or sets the project database to utilize during the operation.	True
failonerror	bool	Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true.	False
if	bool	If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.	False
includesubprojects	bool	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the operation should include subprojects.	False
password	string	Gets or sets the password to use when connecting to the project database.	False
projectpath	string	Gets or sets the project path to utilize during the operation.	False
pvcsbin	string	Gets or sets the location of the PVCS binary command-line tools.	False
timeout	int	The maximum amount of time the application is allowed to execute, expressed in milliseconds. Defaults to no time-out.	False
unless	bool	Opposite of `if`. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.	False
userid	string	Gets or sets the user ID to use when connecting to the project database.	False
verbose	bool	Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false.	False
workspace	string	Gets or sets the workspace to use when connecting to the project database.	False

Framework-configurable parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
useruntimeengine	bool	Specifies whether the external program should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false.	False

Nested Elements:

<entities>

Gets or sets the entities involved in the operation.

</entities>

<arg>

The command-line arguments for the external program.

Represents a command-line argument.

Parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
dir	directory	The value for a directory-based command-line argument; will be replaced with the absolute path of the directory.	False
file	file	The name of a file as a single command-line argument; will be replaced with the absolute filename of the file.	False
if	bool	Indicates if the argument should be passed to the external program. If true then the argument will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.	False
line	string	List of command-line arguments; will be passed to the executable as is.	False
path	<path>	The value for a PATH-like command-line argument; you can use `:` or `;` as path separators and NAnt will convert it to the platform's local conventions, while resolving references to environment variables.	False
unless	bool	Indicates if the argument should not be passed to the external program. If false then the argument will be passed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.	False
value	string	A single command-line argument; can contain space characters.	False

Nested Elements:

<path>

Sets a single command-line argument and treats it like a PATH - ensures the right separator for the local platform is used.

</path>

Examples

A single command-line argument containing a space character.
```
<arg value="-l -a" />
    
```
Two separate command-line arguments.
```
<arg line="-l -a" />
    
```
A single command-line argument with the value \dir;\dir2;\dir3 on DOS-based systems and /dir:/dir2:/dir3 on Unix-like systems.
```
<arg path="/dir;/dir2:\dir3" />
    
```

</arg>

Examples

Deletes the versioned file called App.ico from the project database specified by the project-database property.

<pvcsdelete projectdatabase="${project-database}">
    <entities>
        <entity name="/App.ico"/>
    </entities>
</pvcsdelete>

Deletes the files called file1.txt and file2.txt from the project called folder in the project database specified by the project-database property.

<pvcsdelete projectdatabase="${project-database}" projectpath="/folder">
    <entities>
        <entity name="file1.txt"/>
        <entity name="file2.txt"/>
    </entities>
</pvcsdelete>

Requirements

Assembly: NAnt.Contrib.Tasks (0.85.2479.0)