    # File utils.rb, line 266
            def vetManifest( filelist, antimanifest=ANITMANIFEST )
                    origLength = filelist.length
                    message "Vetting manifest..."

                    for regex in antimanifest
                            if $VERBOSE
                                    message "\n\tPattern /#{regex.source}/ removed: " +
                                            filelist.find_all {|file| regex.match(file)}.join(', ')
                            end
                            filelist.delete_if {|file| regex.match(file)}
                    end

                    message "removed #{origLength - filelist.length} files from the list.\n"
                    return filelist
            end