Hi, thanks for the pointer, didn't notice about the possibility to append to a variable property via antcontrib <var> task.
so i tried with = <project name="bla" default="main" basedir="."> <!-- Import AntContrib --> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" /> <target name="depends"> <var name="bla" value="Firstline"/> <var name="bla" value="${bla}${line.separator}Second Line"/> <var name="bla" value="${bla}${line.separator}Third Line"/> </target> <target name="main" depends="depends"> <echo>$${bla} = ${bla} </echo> </target> </project> gives me [echo] ${bla} = [echo] Firstline [echo] Second Line [echo] Third Line not exactly what i want, but it's a step in the right direction. If there's no other solution i'll go with that until i have the time to roll my own buffer. Regards, Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: David Corley (AT/LMI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:53 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: RE: <buffer> ?! Well, this idea may seem like a hack, but perhaps it'll work for you. You can use the ant-contrib library <var> task (http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/tasks/tasks/variable_task.html), which is like a mutable ant property. You could use it such you constantly append data to it, using some kind of a seperator as you append to make it easier to break it down when you're done. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]