RE: File name to a string

2004-10-25 Thread craig_e_davis
Thanks I got it to work. The text file is a little scewed it has a "character at the start of the file and an special character at the end of the file. Thanks for the help. -- Original message -- > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

RE: File name to a string

2004-10-25 Thread craig_e_davis
Ok, I seem to be getting closer at least. If someone has a minute and would't mind helping me out here I would appriciate it. Nothing urgent or a priority. This is what I have so far. It creates the works.txt but the file does not contain any information in it. Thanks in advance for the help.

RE: File name to a string

2004-10-24 Thread craig_e_davis
Ok this is what am I am trying am I even on the right track here... I am getting an error . "The content of elements must consist of well-formed data...Plus does that line seperator need to be declared somewhere first. Again I appologize for the ignorance. Just trying something different.

RE: File name to a string

2004-10-24 Thread craig_e_davis
Thank you for the quick reply, I am will try this and let you know how it works. Thanks again -- Original message -- > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Sorry if this seems very basic, but I am brand new > > to ANT. What I am trying to do is have a task read a > > d

RE: File name to a string

2004-10-22 Thread craig_e_davis
Sorry if this seems very basic, but I am brand new to ANT. What I am trying to do is have a task read a directory and create an output text file with all the names that are in the directory. Is this possible. I know how to use the concat to display the contents of the file but not sure how to ju