Ant path style patterns

Question

What are the rules for Ant path style patterns.

The Ant site itself is surprisingly uninformative.

Answer 1

ANT Style Pattern Matcher

Wildcards

The utility uses three different wildcards.

+----------+-----------------------------------+
| Wildcard |            Description            |
+----------+-----------------------------------+
| *        | Matches zero or more characters.  |
| ?        | Matches exactly one character.    |
| **       | Matches zero or more directories. |
+----------+-----------------------------------+