No, but i wrote a shell script to do it.
i'll post it here when done.
From: MCG QA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Ant Users List" <user@ant.apache.org>
To: Ant Users List <user@ant.apache.org>
Subject: Re: can ant solve this rather complex challenge
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:15:57 -0700 (PDT)
Did you get a response to your problem??
--- Scott Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Problem statement:
>
> I have a number of simple tcl scripts, and they take
> a set number of params
> as input (argv). Usually 1-10 params. They can all
> run standalone, but have
> dependencies. ANT is therefore perfect for them.
>
> I have the params that I send to the scripts as
> named value pairs in a set
> of property files. We clone the property files for
> each objects we want
> created.
>
> For example
>
> hostobject1.properties
> hostobject2.properties
>
> we would send to hostobject.tcl twice to create two
> objects.
>
> Ok, so far...but, its not a good way to run a
> deployment, run a script twice
> manually.
>
> But it gets more complicated. There are about 10
> difference scripts and with
> each script, we often need to create many objects,
> each with its own
> properties.
>
> So here is the solution (question is, can ANT make
> it possible):
>
> We want to run each one of the scripts, once for
> every property file that
> EXISTS, and we want to use ant to drive the whole
> thing.
>
> So, if there is a hostobject5..properties file..in a
> directory, ant knows it
> needs to run the script for it to create the object.
>
> So ant goes and
> 1. finds the properties files
> 2. understands from the name of the property file
> what task to execute and
> pass it to
> 3. iterates over all files, calls the correct task
> once for each property
> file it has
>
> Even better, we can put cloned property files into
> directories to keep
> everything neat and tidy.
>
> How do we do this? Can ANT make it work? or do I
> need a shell script.
>
> There are filesets, macrodefs..etc.
>
> We use 1.5 of ant, but..can upgrade to 1.6, if
> required. 1.5 solution
> preferred.
>
>
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