Indeed, it will certainly be useful. Thanks a lot. Patrick On 9/7/07, Bruce Atherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True, if your properties file has embedded ant properties that you > expect to be replaced, what you will get back when you regenerate the > file is not the property but the replacement value. This is still useful > as a properties file, though, just not as maintainable as the original > would have been. There are other changes from the original, too. Blank > lines would be stripped, as would comments. > > And as you point out with your specific example below, since the > algorithm is line based, if you put embedded lines in any of your > property values the whole thing falls apart. That would be true with > ${line.separator} as well as with continuation lines. > > The solution still may be useful to Patrick, though, if he doesn't have > embedded lines and doesn't need an exact copy of the original. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Problem with special values: > > value=is a ${line.separator} sample > > > > > > Jan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > >
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