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<div class="block">Sets the <code>File</code> containing the excludes patterns.</div>
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<dd><code>excl</code> - <code>File</code> instance.</dd>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../../org/apache/tools/ant/BuildException.html" title="class in org.apache.tools.ant">BuildException</a></code> - on error</dd>
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