If this works for you, maybe you can add an "exec" in your ant xml file.
" perl -pi -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' <your prop files>" -c -----Original Message----- From: broken connection [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:40 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: How to convert back slashes to forward slashes Importance: Low Hi Friends, I take a directory path input from the end-user and store it in a property,for example if its windows,it stores it as: log4j.location=C:\tomcat\logs And that messes up everything.Because \t is interpreted as tab. So, how can i change the backward slashes(windows convention) to forward slashes(unix convention) in the property before my build file is executed???? Or, how to escape them eg "\" to "\\" I would appreciate your help. Thanks Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
