thanks for that warning about <echo>.. didn't think about that... i might have a Template BATCH file available to me and only use <replace> to replace the token... This wil of course, mean that I will have to manually make modifications to the template..
Rebhan, Gilbert wrote: > > > Hi, > > > -----Original Message----- > From: arijit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 12:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: creating files > > /* > great.. I can now create batch files using <echo file.... > and also use > <echo message.... file.... > to add contents to the file. > */ > > also <echo>foobar</foobar> possible, message attribut not needed. > > But beware with echo, every blank and line feed gets written as you > write > it in <echo>, means if you don't want blanks on the left side, you > should write > starting at position 0 > > /* > is it possible to read data from some property file and then use it to > generate the batch file ? In other words, batch file generated will have > some information which is read from the property file and added to the > batch > file at runtime. > */ > > you may load a whole file as property or load a file that has > propertyformat > (key=value) ,see manual <property>, <loadfile>, <loadproperties> > > > For more complicated file processing (with regular expressions ...) > you should use <script> and a language running in BSF JRuby, Groovy > or Javascript recommended. > > Regards, Gilbert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/creating-files-tf3900318.html#a11058336 Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
