Would the directory exist if there aren't any files in it? If not, you can
ask <available> to check for the directory itself existing, rather than
checking for any files in it. (If it would, I'll need to think about :)
Diane
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am looking to use <available/> to determine the presence/absence of
> ANY
> files (i.e., one or more files) in a directory, as a condition of
> whether
> to run a subsequent FTP target that would tranfer the files to a remote
> server. I tried using wildcards in the 'file' attribute:
>
> <target name="myPropertiesPresent">
> <available property="myProperties.present"
> file="c:\properties\*.*">
>
> </target>
>
> <target name="ftpToServer" depends="myPropertiesPresent" if
> ="myProperties.present">
> <ftp...</ftp>
> </target>
>
>
> But the log says:
>
> myPropertiesPresent:
> [available] Unable to find file c:\properties\*.* to set property
> myProperties.present
>
>
> Does anyone know a way of using <available/> to accomplish this? If not,
> what other Ant task might accomplish the equivalent?
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Ronald Signorino
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Technical Analyst - Chubb Corporation
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
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