# 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