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<echoproperties prefix="bla" destfile="temp.txt" format="xml"/> all works fine with linefeeds and umlauts, but i need it as "normal" propertyfile Regards, Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: Rebhan, Gilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:16 PM To: user@ant.apache.org Subject: echoproperties and umlauts Hi, i'm dumping a xmlproperty file to a file = <xmlproperty file="${ant.working.dir}/props.xml"/> <!-- dumping to tempfile --> <echoproperties prefix="" destfile="temp.txt" /> Problems = 1. the xmlproperty file contains a multilineproperty that contains german umlauts (ä,ü,ö and ß) Now the textfile contains, i.e \u00DF instead of ß \u00FC instead of ü and so on 2. the linefeeds of the multilineproperty appear as \n\n the multi lines are all written on one line Question = How to achieve that the properties are dumped as they are - mulitline and with umlauts ? Any hints ? Regards, Gilbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]