+1 underneath the covers Ant implements the reg-exp parser using the underlying Java Regular Expression Pattern as defined here http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html Note what they say about the backslash character '\' Backslashes, escapes, and quoting The backslash character ('\') serves to introduce escaped constructs, as defined in the table above, as well as to quote characters that otherwise would be interpreted as unescaped constructs. Thus the expression \\ matches a single backslash and \{ matches a left brace.
It is an error to use a backslash prior to any alphabetic character that does not denote an escaped construct; these are reserved for future extensions to the regular-expression language. A backslash may be used prior to a non-alphabetic character regardless of whether that character is part of an unescaped construct. M- This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominique Devienne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ant Users List" <user@ant.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:39 PM Subject: Re: Which Class.method Does Ant Use to Strip Out \ and / > On 10/24/06, Robert Pepersack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone know which method in which class Ant uses to strip out >> slashes and back-slashes? I would like to see if I can reuse it in my >> own custom task. > > You may want to look at FileUtils, and methods with normalize in their > name, and also Project#resolveFile. --DD > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
