Yes, '$' is a special character in Ant. It precedes a property name to dereference the value of the property. Look at the manual under properties. AFAIK there are no other special characters in Ant.
--- James Bullington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are special characters in the manual? > > I was having a problem with my ant script in which I was using telnet > to rename some of my files. This was done because of a bug in BEA > Weblogic 6.1s T3File access. > > The line was: > > <write string="for file in *.xml ; do mv $file null$file ; done"/> > > When I watched my build script work, I noticed that the dollar signs > ($) dissappeared. My first thought was that the dollar signs were > special characters, so I doubled each of them and the script worked > fine. > > Is it documented anywhere in the manual that the dollar sign is a > special character, AND, are there any more special characters? > > Thanks, > Jim > > ===== > "Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the > shadow of the Almighty. > This I declare of the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of > safety; he is my God, and I am trusting him…" > > Psalms 91:1-2 (New Living Translation) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals > http://personals.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ===== Don Taylor, Developer ACTS, Inc. http://www.actsi.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
