Take a look at the <uptodate> task and use it to set a property, say idl.has.changed, to true. Then create a seperate target, called invoke.idl.compiler, which contains the <exec> task to invoke the idlcompiler. Use the if="idl.has.changed" attribute of the target so that the <exec> will only be run if the idl.has.changed property is set. Later, Ninju
Alexey Kakunin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all! I'm quite new in ant, actuallyI'm migrating from make. Seems it is really great tool, but I have some (probably very stupid) question. For example, I have a target for compiling something by using idl-compiler. To do it I should use exec task to make SomeFile.h from SomeFile.idl. But I want to call this exec only in case the SomeFIle.idl was changed (has later timestamp comparing to SomeFile.h). In this case I have some sort of file dependency (not a target dependency) - file SomeFile.h depends from SomeFile.idl. Is it possible to implement this sort of dependency in ant? With best Regards, Alexey Kakunin --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
