You could use the <condition> task to set a variable with <available> as a subtask within it.
Then actually do the control-flow check in a target's "if" or "unless" attribute. moran > -----Original Message----- > From: Darryl L. Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:23 AM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Condition operation based on existance of a file ? > > > How can I instruct ANT to conditionally do something, like a regular > if() statement. > > Here is what I have so far (the unzip is my conditional operation): > > <available file="${toplevel.dir}/${Name}.jar" property="doMerge"/> > <!-- IF doMerge --> > <unzip src="${toplevel.dir}/${Name}.jar" dest="${dist.dir}"> > <patternset> > <include name="**/*"/> > </patternset> > </unzip> > <!-- ENDIF --> > > Thanks > > -- > Darryl L. Miles > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
