Hi,
Is that what are you trying to do ?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="test" basedir=".">
<property environment="env" />
<!-- Must set an environment variable named properties.file.url -->
<!-- (Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables) -->
<available file="${env.properties.file.url}" property="exists" />
<echo message="${env.properties.file.url}" />
<fail message="it doesn't exist." unless="exists" />
<target name="test" />
</project>
HTH
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Charbel
On Feb 12, 2008 4:27 AM, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I'm relatively new with Ant but have been picking up on it. I trying
> to
> figure out why this Ant script doesn't complete successfully:
>
> """
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <project name="test" basedir=".">
> <property environment="env" />
> <whichresource property="env.properties.file.url"
> resource="test.properties" classpath="."/>
>
> <pathconvert property="env.properties.file">
> <path location="${env.properties.file.url}" />
> <regexpmapper to="\1" from="file:(.*)" />
> </pathconvert>
>
> <condition property="exists">
> <available file="${env.properties.file}"/>
> </condition>
>
> <echo message="${env.properties.file}" />
> <fail message="it doesn't exist." unless="exists" />
>
> <target name="test" />
> </project>
> """
>
> The output I get from Eclipse is:
>
> """
> BUILD FAILED
> C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\workspace\test\build.xml:16: it doesn't
> exist.
> """
>
> I have determined that the cause is the whichresource task -- it's URL
> encoding spaces in my path to %20 this resulting in
> "C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Mike". When I hard-code the same path
> without
> URL encoding the "exists" condition is true. Obviously one solution is to
> not use a path with spaces, but I'd like to keep it as-is if there's a
> workaround/fix.
>
> I haven't written this script, but if whichresource finds a file should
> there be a need to check if it's "available"?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Mike
>
>
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