The reason that I can't use @@path_to_main_properties@@=@@deploy_dir@@\main.properties
is the same reason that my original approach wouldn't work... the <replace> task does not examine/process the contents of the filterFile. But going off of what you alluded to, I did come up with a two-pass approach... My filterFile looks like: # Properties to be replaced in the \WEB-INF\web.xml file @@path_to_ws_prop@@=${deploy.dir}/WSProp.xml # Properties to replaced in the smokeTest.xml file @@compare_output_dir@@=c:/ccbuild/workarea/${project.name}/integration_tests First, I copy the filterFile (called replacements.properties in my case) to temp file (called adjusted_replacements.properties Then I executed a series of simple replacements in the adjusted_replacements.properties file, like: <replace file="adjusted_replacements.properties" token="$${deploy.dir}" value="${deploy.dir}"/> <replace file="adjusted_replacements.properties" token="$${project.name}" value="${project.name}"/> Note the double $$'s in the "token" property -- to prevent evaluation of the ${property} And voila! the ${deploy.dir} in the replacements.properties has been changed to c:/Projects/MyDeployDir in the adjusted_replacements.properties file I then used the adjusted_replacements.properties as the replaceFilterFile and do <replace>'s on the final file. It would have been nice if the <replace> task supported the ability to pre-process the replaceFilterFile, but oh well... Thanx, Ninju --- James Abley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 03:40, Ninju Bohra wrote: > > So anybody have any guidance on whether or not > > ${property.name} are resolved in <replace> filter > > file? > > > > > > --- Ninju Bohra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > Just want to make sure that ANT 1.6.2 can NOT do > the > > > following (otherwise I am doing something > wrong... > > > which could never be :-)) > > > > > > Wanting to replace a bunch of values in a file, > so I > > > created a replaceFilterFile containing all the > > > token=value entries and using the <replace> task > I > > > am > > > able to search/replaces all the "tokens" and put > the > > > "value" in there place... > > > > > > The problem is that now we need have the "value" > > > portion be dependent on a property value (i.e. > in > > > the > > > file we need the following > > > > > > @@path_to_main_properties@@=${deploy.dir}\main.properties > > > > > I'm not that familiar with that task, but can you > explain why you can't > use > > @@path_to_main_properties@@=@@deploy_dir@@\main.properties > > I think that it _won't_ work because you're using > the replacefilterfile > attribute, but just wanted to confirm my > understanding of how it should > work. > > If that won't work, then maybe use two invocations > of the replace task - > the first one creates a temporary file to replace > @@deploy_dir@@, then > the second one replaces @@path_to_main_properties@@? > > Cheers, > > James > > > > When I run the <replace> task the above data the > > > property ${deploy.dir} is NOT replaced. > > > > > > Am I doing anything wrong... > > > > > > Thanx, > > > > > > Ninju > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced > search. > > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]