Thanks, that works. Is there something further I can read on resources and how to use them. I read the manual page and was a little confussed. Is anybody aware of some good documentation on this topic with some examples.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Scot P. Floess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 12:39 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: ANT Question: How do I check for the presence of JAR files in a directory Checkout resource collections...that may do what you want... <resourcecount property="someproperty"> <fileset dir = "somedir" includes = "*.jar"/> </resourcecount> someproperty will be set with the count if any jar files exist in somedir... Eric Wood wrote: > I'm want to set a property to check later on if there are any jar > files in a folder/directory. Available does quite seem right since I > want to wildcard for any jars. What is the best way to accomplish this task? > > Thanks for you help, Eric > > -- Scot P. Floess 27 Lake Royale Louisburg, NC 27549 252-478-8087 (Home) 919-754-4592 (Work) Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]