Use "location" instead of "value" in your property task. It will
normalize the path and also document that you are dealing with files
instead of arbitrary strings.
Here's an example:
<target name="test2">
<property name="buildDir-value" value="${basedir}/${BuildNumber}"/>
<property name="buildDir-location"
location="${basedir}/${BuildNumber}"/>
<property name="InstallShieldComponentsDir-value"
value="${buildDir-value}/ISComponent"/>
<property name="InstallShieldComponentsDir-location1"
location="${buildDir-value}/ISComponent"/>
<property name="InstallShieldComponentsDir-location2"
location="${buildDir-location}/ISComponent"/>
<echo>
buildDir-value = ${buildDir-value}
buildDir-location = ${buildDir-location}
InstallShieldComponentsDir-value =
${InstallShieldComponentsDir-value}
InstallShieldComponentsDir-location1 =
${InstallShieldComponentsDir-location1}
InstallShieldComponentsDir-location2 =
${InstallShieldComponentsDir-location2}
</echo>
</target>
By the way, here's a "best practice" convention that I use:
Define file properties in triplets:
xxx.location == Location of file xxx (path & filename)
xxx.dir == Directory of file xxx
xxx.filename == Filename (w/ext) of file xxx
An easy way to do this is:
<property name="xxx.location" location="..."/>
<dirname file="${xxx.location}" property="xxx.dir"/>
<basename file="${xxx.location}" property="xxx.filename"/>
Then it's easy to keep your properties straight.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephenson, Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:27 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Path question
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I have a property called "buildDir" setup as follows:
>
> <property name="buildDir" value="${basedir}/${BuildNumber}"/>
>
> And I also have a property "InstallShieldComponentsDir"
>
> <property name="InstallShieldComponentsDir"
> value="${buildDir}/ISComponents"/>
>
> Now, I'm calling a batch file, which in turn calls a program
> with takes the
> Path stored in "InstallShieldComponentsDir"
>
> My problem is that "InstallShieldComponentsDir" has the
> following as an
> actual value:
>
> F:\Development/Builds/1.0.0.0/ISComponents
>
> But the program I'm calling doesn't like the forward-slash - it
want's
> Backslashes, ie.:
>
> F:\Development\Builds\1.0.0.0\ISComponents
>
> Is there some way I can search and replace the \ with a / in
> the property ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin
>
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