OK. I looked in the online documentation and read from the book "Java Development With Ant", but neither documented this behavior of <mkdir>.
Thanks for your help, Bob Robert Pepersack Senior Lead Developer Maryland Insurance Administration 410-468-2054 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/10/2006 4:29 PM >>> > I need to check to see if a directory exists, and if not, then create > the directory. But, if the directory already exists, then leave it > alone, because it may already contain some important files. I have more > than a dozen directories to check for, and I would like to find a way to > do this that's less verbose than a bunch of <property> and <available> > tasks. Does anyone know how? > > Here's the equivalent command from a batch file: > > if not exist c:\myapp mkdir c:\myapp Well, since <mkdir> is a no-op for an existing directory, you don't even need to use <available>. And to process several dirs, either manually write all the <mkdir>s, or select the dirs in a <fileset> or <path>, and loop over it using Ant-Contrib's <for> task. --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
