Try changing the \ to / in the file. HTH Bill
-----Original Message----- From: shreedhar natarajan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:46 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Reading properties hi all, One of my property file has key/values such as path=something\usb When I read this property like <property file="${build_dir}/myvalues.properties" /> ant throws an exception, C:\mydir\build.xml:35: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding. I understand that it interprets \u in usb as unicode char. how to over come this? I tried to use a filter to change "\" to "\\" <filter token="\" value="\\"/> <copy file="${build_dir}/myvalues.properties" filtering="true" tofile="${build_dir}/myvalues1.properties" overwrite="true"> </copy> It does not seem to work. What could be the problem ? Bst rgds Shreedhar --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
