boy am I an idiot. I never knew it did that. sweet.
thanks very much,
Dean
Dominique Devienne wrote:
> You're not reading me Dean ;-)
>
> If you have:
>
> --- build.properties ---
> lib = SRC/LIB
>
> --- build.xml ---
> <property file="build.properties" />
> <property name="lib.dir" location="${lib}" />
> <echo message="lib = ${lib}" />
> <echo message="lib.dir = ${lib.dir}" />
>
> You'll see the output:
>
> lib = SRC/LIB
> li.dir = d:\something\something\SRC\LIB
>
> Does that make it clearer??? --DD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Hiller [mailto:dhiller@;avaya.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:18 PM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: Re: generating manifest classpath
>
> actually, that is not what I am having trouble with. My properties come
> from an outside properties file where someone has defined ${lib}= SRC/LIB
> I am on windows though and I use
> <map from="${basedir}${fileseparator}${lib}${fileseparator}" to=""/>
> Notice that the from equates to "d:\something\something\SRC/LIB\" so I never
> get a match because the jar files will be "d:\something\something\SRC\LIB"
> becuase I am on windows. I am not sure how to get around this without moving
> the property to the XML file itself which I don't really want to do. I
> think I am stuck with an unclean solution here of moving my property to the
> XML file unless someone else has any ideas. Is there some kind of task to
> modify all the file separators in a property to
> the current os file separator?
> thanks for your help Dominique,
> Dean
>
> Dominique Devienne wrote:
>
> > This is the part you need then (and it's subsequent use when the jar-dir
> > property is de-referenced)=. Cheers, --DD
> >
> > <!-- Use intermediate property with location attribute instead of
> > using ${jar} directly to ensure <pathconvert>'s <map> works fine...
> -->
> > <property name="jar-dir" location="${jar}" />
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dean Hiller [mailto:dhiller@;avaya.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:01 PM
> > To: Ant Users List
> > Subject: Re: generating manifest classpath
> >
> > Now I get to work through differences in the file separator issues I am
> > having.
> >
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