Angst of an Automated Build Enthusiast leads to GetBOB

I am near the end of the rope with keeping my builds automated.
· NAnt failing to build my solution and breaking the back of my CI Server. I spent nearly a day on finding what the hell is going wrong! If the IDE can build it why can't you ? I get a stupid regasm error stating "RegAsm error: File or assembly name XXX, or one of its dependencies, was not found. External Program Failed: C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\regasm.exe (return code was 100)"
· CruiseControl.NET also has decided to out do NAnt by just timing out my SourceControl operation. It used to run perfectly till about 2 days ago. Now every build times out with Starteam operations timing out. I manually run a batch and that works :P

I have been trying so very hard to find the cause for it. It's a funny pickle I am in. I have spent too much time setting all this up. Now everything tumbling down like a pack of cards and I don't wanna go back to batch files (which still run as you tell them to. Day in Day out!).

I figured that maybe the NAnt issue was due to some things in the bin or obj folders. I have solved Intellisense lock ups by deleting the bin and obj folders under each project directory. I hunted around for some recursive dir delete switch in the DOS command line utilities. No luck. Next tried NAnt task. Fine help that is ... couldn't figure that one out -- assuming that it is possible. Finally I decided to write one myself - A Bin Obj Blaster - A recursive directory/folder delete utility
You can just paste into a .cs file and compile it as a 'GetBob Console App'. Then configure your PATH variable so that the exe is available everywhere.

>GetBOB.exe -t
(TestMode: lists out all bin and obj folders that would be deleted but does NOT delete it)
>GetBOB -v
(verbose: Lists and deletes all bin and obj folders)
>GetBOB
(silent mode - deletes all bin and obj folder directly)
>GetBOB temp*
(this should also work - haven't given it a try. Will delete all folder beginning with 'Temp' in the current folder or it's sub-directories.

It's pretty cool and something I needed for quite some time. Give it a whirl :) and let me know of any quick improvements!

I really need to learn how to post code in a blog. XML Comments and indentations are totally screwing up my blog layout. So please ignore...

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;


namespace CallBOB
{
class BOB
{
private static bool bVerboseMode;
private static bool bTestMode;

[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] arrDirPatterns)
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("BinObjBlaster (B.O.B.) - A recursive 'seek and destroy' folder utility");
Console.WriteLine("Created: Gishu Pillai Nov 17, 2005.");
Console.WriteLine("DISCLAIMER: I give everyone the right to copy/use! Use as you please and at your own risk and free will. The author is not responsible for any damages that may occur from using this.");

ArrayList alDirPatterns;
GetDirPatternsForDelete(arrDirPatterns, out alDirPatterns);

if (alDirPatterns.Count == 0)
{ alDirPatterns.Add("bin"); alDirPatterns.Add("obj"); }
else
{ // we have their number }

DirectoryInfo obDirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
SeekAndDestroy(obDirInfo, alDirPatterns);
}
catch(Exception obExcep)
{ Console.WriteLine(obExcep); }
}

private static void GetDirPatternsForDelete(String[] arrArguments, out ArrayList alDirPatterns)
{
alDirPatterns = new ArrayList();
try
{
foreach(string sLoop in arrArguments)
{
if (sLoop.StartsWith("-"))
{
string sTemp = sLoop.Replace("-", "").ToLower();
if (0 == sTemp.Length)
{ continue; }
switch (sTemp[0])
{
case 'v':
bVerboseMode = true;
break;
case 't':
bTestMode = true;
break;
case 'h':
Console.WriteLine("List of Available switches");
string sFormatString = "-{0} {1:15} {2}";
Console.WriteLine( sFormatString, "t", "Test Mode", "Prints a listing of directories that would be deleted but does NOT Delete them");
Console.WriteLine( sFormatString, "v", "Verbose Mode", "Prints the name of the deleted directories");
break;

default:
break;
}
}
else
{
alDirPatterns.Add( sLoop );
}
}
}
catch(Exception obExcep)
{ Console.WriteLine( obExcep ); }
}

private static void SeekAndDestroy(DirectoryInfo obCurDirInfo, ArrayList alDirPatterns)
{
try
{
foreach(string sDirPattern in alDirPatterns)
{
foreach(DirectoryInfo obDirForDelete in obCurDirInfo.GetDirectories(sDirPattern))
{
if (bVerboseMode || bTestMode)
Console.WriteLine( "Found " + obDirForDelete.FullName );
if (!bTestMode)
obDirForDelete.Delete(true);
}
}
foreach(DirectoryInfo obLivingDir in obCurDirInfo.GetDirectories())
{
SeekAndDestroy( obLivingDir, alDirPatterns );
}
}
catch(Exception obExcep)
{ Console.WriteLine(obExcep); }
return;
}
}
}