The <copy> and <delete> command is used to copy the files and deleting the files from one folder to the other. For example:-

The following script copies all files in directories called images that are located in the directory tree defined by ${src} to the destination directory defined by ${dist} , but excludes all *.gif files from the copy.

<copy todir="${dist}">

  <fileset dir="${src}" includes="**/images/*" excludes="**/*.gif" />

</copy>

The above task is also achieved by nested elements. The following script will demonstrate the use of the nested elements.

<copy todir="${dist}">

  <fileset dir="${src}">

    <include name="**/images/*"/>

    <exclude name="**/*.gif"/>

  </fileset>

</copy>

The following is the example for the delete task.

The following command deleted all the files from /images folders but exclude all the gif files from delete.

<delete dir="${dist}">

  <include name="**/images/*"/>

  <exclude name="**/*.gif"/>

</delete>