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.
<project name="FileRead" default="yes"> <target name = "Read"> <path> <fileset dir="c:\test"> <\fileset> <pathconvert pathsep=${line.separator"> <echo file="c:\works.txt" append="true"> <\path> </target> </project> -------------- Original message -------------- > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Sorry if this seems very basic, but I am brand new > > to ANT. What I am trying to do is have a task read a > > directory and create an output text file with all > > the names that are in the directory. Is this > > possible. > > No problem, Craig. All you gotta do is use a > to select your files, wrap it in a , > pass that to a , and that to a > file. :) If you want one filename per line, you can > specify "${line.separator}" as 's pathsep > attribute. > > HTH, > Matt > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >