Have you tried simply using includesfile rather than
includes with your fileset? It should expand
properties and everything.
-Matt
--- David Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to include a list of files to delete in a
> text file which is read
> into a property (with properties expansion) and then
> used in the includes
> property of a fileset in a delete task. For some
> reason when there are line
> breaks in the text file, this isn't working!
>
> <loadfile property="to.delete"
> srcFile="ant.delete.txt">
> <filterchain>
> <expandproperties />
> </filterchain>
> </loadfile>
> <delete quiet="false" verbose="true"
> includeEmptyDirs="true">
> <fileset dir="${dir.cab.work}"
> includes="${to.delete}" />
> </delete>
>
> If the list in the text file is separated by commas,
> it works fine. If I put
> each pattern on its own line none of the patterns
> are used.
>
> I've tried doing all sorts of line endings (unix,
> windows - I'm on windows
> BTW). When I echo the to.delete property, I can see
> that it holds exactly
> what it should. If I then put that text (including
> line breaks) as the
> includes property, it works fine.
>
> I've wasted a ton of time on this but am not able to
> get it working.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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