In the manual is a description of Replace that says "Replace is a directory based task for replacing the occurrence of a given string with another string in selected file.
If you want to replace a text that crosses line boundaries, you must use a nested <replacetoken> element. The output file is only written if it differs from the existing file. This prevents spurious rebuilds based on unchanged files which have been regenerated by this task." So if this is what you want to do you simply code the appropriate set of attributes (also described in the manual) and replace will do what it is supposed to do. There are also some examples in the manual. It is not difficult to figure out if you read the manual and work with the examples. If this is not what you want to do then you need to provide a better description of your specific requirements after reading the manual to see if there is anything that may do what you want to do. I have been using Ant for about 2 months and _all_ my questions have been answered by reading the manual and trying it out. Thanks. Bill Bill Rich Wilandra Consulting LLC 1325 Addiewell Place San Jose, CA 95120-3905 phone: +1 408 268-2452 mobile: +1 408 410-9713 Santa Cruz: +1 831 464-9007 fax: +1 413 669-9716 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wilandra.com -----Original Message----- From: Sunil Ravipati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Using replace How do I use replace to replace a value or set a value of properties in a property file . Thanks, Sunil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
