ant fileset dir exclude certain directory

Question

There are many questions on this topic but none of the answers are solving my problem. Starting this thread again to get fresh input.

I tried two different approaches f

Answer 1

I think it should probably be:

<copy todir="${dir.classes}">
<fileset dir="${dir.src}" >
  <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
  <exclude name="**/A-dir/**/B-dir/**"/>
</fileset>
</copy>

Note the **/A-dir/** instead of A-dir/**.