You have to mask that like everywhere in XML. Jan
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Guy Catz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2008 15:17 > An: Ant Users List > Betreff: RE: Replace string in file > > Thanks for the answer. > > I need to replace @token@ with <aa><bb></bb></aa>. > But the ANT engine tells me that I can't use '<' or '>'. > > Please advice. > > Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Weintraub [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:27 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Replace string in file > > What type of replacement? You can do a filter on strings like > @VERSION@, > @DATE@, @FOO@, or whatever you want via filtersets and > mappers when you > copy. For example, I have some configuration files. > They're called *.properties.template, and I replace the @xxx@ strings > with values from a deploy.properties file and remove the *.template > suffix. The filterset replaces the @xxx@ tokens with the > correct values > while the mapper renames the file by removing the *.template > suffix: > > <!-- Copy the configuration files that don't contain > tokens --> > <copy todir="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}" > verbose="${copy.verbose.flag}"> > <fileset dir="${jboss.install.home}/jbdev1"> > <exclude name="**/*.template"/> > </fileset> > </copy> > > <!-- Copy the configurable files and replace any tokens --> > <copy todir="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}" > overwrite="true" > verbose="${copy.verbose.flag}"> > <fileset dir="${jboss.install.home}/jbdev1"> > <include name="**/*.template"/> > </fileset> > <mapper type="glob" > from="*.template" to="*"/> > <filterset begintoken="@" endtoken="@"> > <filter token="path_to_server_dir" > > value="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}"/> > <filtersfile file="${deploy.properties.file}"/> > </filterset> > </copy> > > Is this what you're looking for? > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Guy Catz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey guys, > > > > Is it possible to replace a string in an existing file? > > > > Thanks, > > Guy. > > > > > > -- > -- > David Weintraub > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
