Try the <modified> selector instead of a mapper. Jan
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Bailey, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2006 01:05 >An: Ant Users List >Betreff: uptodate > >This seems like a problem which must have a very simple >solution, but I can't find it. > > > >A single XML file is used to generate a large number of HTML >files. And I actually have nearly 100 such XML files. These >XML files rarely change, so I'd like to save time by using ><uptodate> to only regenerate the HTML when necessary. >However, I can't figure out the correct way to define a mapper. > > > >I'm trying to use the following construct: > > > ><target name="gen_html" depends="check_html" unless="html_uptodate"> > > . . . > ></target> > > > ><target name="check_html"> > > <uptodate property="html_uptodate" > > srcfile="${xmldir}/SubDir/${xml_filename}.xml"> > > <mapper . . . /> > > </uptodate> > ></target> > > > >Looking at my choices of available mappers, none seem to do >what I want. >I have attempted variants of the globmapper such as > > > ><globmapper from="." to="${htmldir}/*.html" /> > > > > . . . but it seems that globmappers don't work unless you >include a * in the 'from' attribute. I thought I would get it >with the following regexp mapper: > > > ><regexpmapper from="\.*" to="${htmldir}/*.html" /> > > > > . . . but frustratingly, the regexpmapper interprets '*.html' >literally, rather than interpolating the * as a wild card. In >fact, my experimentation indicates that the only regexp >interpolation which occurs in the 'to' attribute is \1, \2, >etc. Similarly, if I abandon the <mapper> altogether and >instead use the targetfile attribute, such as >'targetfile="${htmldir}/*.html"', the * is interpreted literally. > > > >Obviously I can write my own mapper, but I can't believe there >isn't a solution out there with the tasks already available. >Am I overlooking something? > > > >Thanks, > >--dave > > >*************************************************************** >************* >This email may contain confidential material. >If you were not an intended recipient, >Please notify the sender and delete all copies. >We may monitor email to and from our network. >*************************************************************** >************* > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
