Mistrake! <echo message="And the mystery file is ${mystery.file.id}"/>
should be: <echo message="And the mystery file is ${mystery.file}"/> On Jan 8, 2008 9:00 PM, David Weintraub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > -- -- David Weintraub [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]