Hi, thanks Jan, didn't realise at first glance that unset properties 
are echoed as -> ${unset.property}

Solved it like that :

<loadfile srcfile=".\${temp.deploy}/bla.txt" property="infomail.servrestart">
    <filterchain>
        <linecontainsregexp>
            <regexp pattern="^CAUTION"/>
        </linecontainsregexp>
    </filterchain>  
</loadfile>


(The property -if set- has to appear in a messagefile that is sent via mail)

<target name="servrestart" if="infomail.servrestart">
    <echo file = ".\${temp.deploy}/infomail.txt" append="true">
    "!!! ${infomail.servrestart} !!!"
    </echo>
</target>

Thanks to list for input !!

Gilbert

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> in other words
> <echo message=${servrestart}/>

Sorry that is invalid - invalid xml. Attribute values have to be quoted.

<echo message="${servrestart}"/>

Then the Ant runtime would search for a property servrestart and evaluates
that to its value or - if not set - to ${servrestart}. So youŽll get
a) with value=Hello World
   [echo] Hello World
b) not set
   [echo] ${servrestart}

Back to the original thread: what you can do with unset properties is

<target name="server.check">
    <loadfile property="servrestart"> ...
</target>
<target name="server" depends="server.check" if="servrestart">
    <echo>Property set. Server has to be restarted.</echo>
</target>


Jan

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