Skip directory in msdeploy

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I have a msdeploy in my nant script(Team City) that is working except it is copying some folders that I do not want to copy. What command will skip these directories? I tried:

<arg value="-skip:objectName=dirPath,absolutePath=C:\Websites\slingshotportal\Build scripts"' />
and
<arg value='-skip:objectName=contentPath,absolutePath="C:\\Websites\\slingshotportal\\Build scripts"' />

None of these commands seem to work and the Build scripts directory is still copied fromm source directory to destination directory? The msbuild does a sync and I specify both -source and -dest as contentPath.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '10 at 13:13

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I have a TeamCity nant build script and the one that worked for me in the end was:

<arg value='-skip:objectName=dirPath,absolutePath="\\published"' />

The directory to skip was \published so notice that I had to escape the \ I also found that a directory like webroot\app.domain.feature had to be escaped like: webroot\\app\.domain\.feature

answered Aug 17 '10 at 13:13

Jack Smit

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The absolutePath value is a regular expression which is why those characters need to be escaped. – ulty4life Mar 14 '14 at 02:44

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '10 at 02:43

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You need to look at the "skip" parameter.

Documentation is available here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd569089(WS.10).aspx

answered Aug 17 '10 at 02:43

Daniel Crowe

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Unfortunately, there is no "-skip" parameter in there. – JohnTube Mar 15 '19 at 14:54

Skip directory in msdeploy

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