i can now dynamically perform the creation from the template files..
Jukka Uusisalo-2 wrote:
>
> <property file="test.properties"/>
>
> <target name="do_replace">
> <copy tofile="result_file.txt" file="template.txt"/>
> <replace file="result_file.txt" token="_Replace_This_"
> value="${foo}"/>
> </target>
>
> In test.properties file i have
> foo=bar
>
> template.txt contains
> Hello World by _Replace_This_
>
> After execution target do_replace
> result_file.txt contains
> Hello World by bar
>
> - Jukka -
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: arijit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: 11. kesakuuta 2007 14:27
>> To: user@ant.apache.org
>> Subject: RE: creating files
>>
>>
>>
>> even if I load the property file, I can't see how I can read
>> the key value
>> pair from the property which is loaded and use it to replace
>> the token with
>> the read value... any sample code ?
>>
>> arijit wrote:
>> >
>> > thanks for that warning about <echo>.. didn't think about
>> that... i might
>> > have a Template BATCH file available to me and only use <replace> to
>> > replace the token... This wil of course, mean that I will have to
>> > manually make modifications to the template..
>> >
>> >
>> > Rebhan, Gilbert wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: arijit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 12:01 PM
>> >> To: user@ant.apache.org
>> >> Subject: RE: creating files
>> >>
>> >> /*
>> >> great.. I can now create batch files using <echo file....
>> > and also use
>> >> <echo message.... file.... > to add contents to the file.
>> >> */
>> >>
>> >> also <echo>foobar</foobar> possible, message attribut not needed.
>> >>
>> >> But beware with echo, every blank and line feed gets written as you
>> >> write
>> >> it in <echo>, means if you don't want blanks on the left side, you
>> >> should write
>> >> starting at position 0
>> >>
>> >> /*
>> >> is it possible to read data from some property file and
>> then use it to
>> >> generate the batch file ? In other words, batch file
>> generated will have
>> >> some information which is read from the property file and
>> added to the
>> >> batch
>> >> file at runtime.
>> >> */
>> >>
>> >> you may load a whole file as property or load a file that has
>> >> propertyformat
>> >> (key=value) ,see manual <property>, <loadfile>, <loadproperties>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> For more complicated file processing (with regular expressions ...)
>> >> you should use <script> and a language running in BSF
>> JRuby, Groovy
>> >> or Javascript recommended.
>> >>
>> >> Regards, Gilbert
>> >>
>> >>
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