Something like this: <path id="mystery.file.id"> <fileset dir="logs"> <include name="log.*.txt"/> </fileset. <path>
<property name="mystery.file" refid="mystery.file.id"/> <echo message="And the mystery file is ${mystery.file.id}"/> On Jan 8, 2008 2:01 PM, me youdonwannaknow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My apologies if my searching the manual, faq(s), and mail archive didn't > return the answer to this question. > > I know there'll be a single file matching a search criteria, say, "dir > logs/log.*.txt". I want to get the file name as a property value -- but > w/out the wild card. > > My attempts using , , and filesets and filelists did not work. I suppose I > can use and the 'dir' or 'ls' commands, and parse their output. But that > seems like a kludge. Surely there is a better 'Ant' way of doing this. > > tia, > - Brad G. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista(R) + Windows Liveā¢. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_012008 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -- David Weintraub [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]