Please explain exactly what you are trying to do in
terms of Ant XML; i.e. provide an example.

-Matt

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> Well, I've tried location but even if the input
> property is an absolute
> path like /usr/tmp, Ant will append basedir and
> create a property
> /my/basedir/usr/tmp. I'm using Ant 1.6.2 on Linux.
> 
> Sten
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burgess, Benjamin
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:12 PM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: RE: how to detect relative or absolute path
> value
> 
> Instead of using value, use location for the
> property and it should
> convert it o an absolute path automatically.
> 
> Ben
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:10 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: how to detect relative or absolute path
> value
> 
> My Ant script needs to know if a property value is a
> relative or
> absolute path in order to decide if to prepend a
> root path or not. Can
> Ant do this without custom tasks?
> 
> Sten Rosendahl
> 
> 
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