--- Jeff Tulley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the build file is system independent, how would "/usr/bin/somedir" > get translated on Windows? I can see that relative paths should get > resolved correctly, but absolute paths will always be, by definition, OS > dependent.
I look to Ant to deal with path-separator/file-separator independence, which it does quite nicely (I hate typing backslashes :). Putting a hard-coded full-path into any type of build-file (for Ant/Make/Jam/whatever) is just asking for trouble -- that's what properties/variables are for. I don't think trying to make Ant jump through hoops so it can deal with that sort of thing is necessary, since it already allows for reading in property files, which is where that sort of information should go (and if someone really really wants to put a full-path into the build-file, there's always <pathconvert>). Diane ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
