That is why I am using the override="true" in the <propertyregex> task so that
I can keep re-using the property named destfile
The real problem is that I don't know how to replace only the "leading"
directory path. I want to change
file = C:/dir_viewer/Since_Last_Change/abc/yada yada/yada/Bob's Report.doc
to
destfile = D:/Final_Files/Docs/abc/yada yada/yada/Bob's Report.pdf
Note the "leading" directory path (C:/dir_viewer/Since_Last_Change) has been
replaced with the D:/Final_Files/Docs --- while the rest of the path
information stays the same (I can handle the changes of the extension)
Any ideas?
----- Original Message ----
From: "Rebhan, Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ant Users List <user@ant.apache.org>; Ninju Bohra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:32:15 AM
Subject: RE: Changing the "leading directory" path on a directory tree
Hi,
when dealing with properties within a for loop, you
have to keep in mind, that properties are immutable,
so you have to use variable properties,
f.e. =
<target name="main">
<fileset id="files" dir="T:/foobar/blaa" includes="*.*" />
<for param="file">
<path>
<fileset refid="files" />
</path>
<sequential>
<echo>
Filepath === @{file}
</echo>
<var name="filename" unset="true" />
<basename property="filename" file="@{file}" />
<echo>
Filename === ${filename}
</echo>
</sequential>
</for>
</target>
if you delete the line
<var name="filename" unset="true" />
the property ${filename} is set in the first loop
and stays the same in all following loops
Regards, Gilbert
-----Original Message-----
From: Ninju Bohra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:00 PM
To: Ant Users Group
Subject: Changing the "leading directory" path on a directory tree
Hello all,
I am not sure if I can explain this correctly, so I will show you the
target text and then explain the problem
<target name="publish.documents" depends="init, fetch.files,
get.change.list">
<property name="changes.dir"
value="C:\dir_viewer\Since_Last_changes"/>
<property name="output.root.dir"
value="C:\dir_viewer\Documentation"/>
<for param="file">
<path>
<fileset dir="${changes.dir}" excludes="${dont.convert}"/>
</path>
<sequential>
<!-- construct the destination full filename and path, need to
change the extension to .pdf and the replace the "leading
directory" path
from ${changes.dir} to ${output.root.dir} -->
<propertyregex override="yes"
property="destfile" input="@{file}"
regexp=".*/([^\.]*)\.cpp" replace="\1"/>
<!-- invoke the pdf convertor passing the two files paths -->
<exec executable="C:\Program Files\e-PDF Document Converter
v2.1\doc2pdf.exe">
<arg value="-i"/>
<arg value="@{file}"/>
<arg value="-o"/>
<arg value="${destfile}"/>
</exec>
<!-- after converting the file we can delete the source file
-->
<delete file="${file}"/>
</sequential>
</for>
<!-- Now copy over all the remaining files from changes.dir -->
<copy todir="${output.root.dir}">
<fileset dir="${changes.dir}"/>
</copy>
</target>
I copied most of the <for> task text from the example provided in the
ant-contrib documentation and made my modifications.
The problem I am having is in the <propertyregex> task (the first task
afterthe <sequential>), what I want to do is convert filepaths that are
provided in the @{file} attribute from
C:\dir_viewer\Since_Last_changes\abc\yada yada\yada\Bob.doc
to
${output.root.dir}\abc\yada yada\yada\Bob.pdf
I know the code above will not accomplish all that (the <propertyregex>
is incorrect) but I did not know if it was even possible to do that with
property manipulations anyways.
Any ideas,
Thanx,
Ninju
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