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Asked: 2026-05-27T14:39:58+00:00

What does the following file path mean? $(Services_Jobs_Drop_Path)\**\*.config The variable just holds some path,

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What does the following file path mean? 

$(Services_Jobs_Drop_Path)\**\*.config

The variable just holds some path, nothing interesting. I’m a lot more concerned, what the hell the ** mean.
Any ideas?

P.S. The following path is used in msbuild scripts, if it helps.

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    \**\ This pattern is often used in Copy Task for recursive folder tree traversal. Basically it means that all files with extension config would be processed from the all subdirectories of $(Services_Jobs_Drop_Path) path.

    MSDN, Using Wildcards to Specify Items:

    You can use the **, *, and ? wildcard characters to specify a group of
    files as inputs for a build instead of listing each file separately.

    • The ? wildcard character matches a single character.
    • The * wildcard character matches zero or more characters.
    • The ** wildcard character sequence matches a partial path.

    MSDN, Specifying Inputs with Wildcards

    To include all .jpg files in the Images directory and subdirectories
    Use the following Include attribute:

    Include="Images\**\*.jpg"

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