Oops! Now I wonder why it sometimes worked for me ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Matt Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 00:47 To: Ant Users List Subject: RE: includes property not working
--- David Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I haven't. I looked at the docs for includesfile > and because it didn't > mention it thought that it wouldn't expand > properties. I just tried it and > it worked great. Thanks! > > I am still curious why the property didn't work, > though... Because the code behind the includes attribute explicitly uses comma and space (only) as separators. That's what the manual says, too. :) -Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 17:19 > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: includes property not working > > 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! > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
