On 2010-05-11, Jakob Fix <jakob....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, looked through the archive, but I don't think pathconvert can be
> used in this case.
> property file:
> prop=E:\\foo\\bar
property files and backslahes are a pain.
> build file:
> <replaceregexp file="${target.dir}/foobar.xml">
> <regexp pattern="value="[^"]+""/>
> <substitution expression="value="${prop}""/>
> </replaceregexp>
> I also tried double escaping i.e.
> prop=E:\\\\foo\\\\bar
> but there all backslashes disappear as well.
I'm afraid you'd need eight of them. It may be simpler to use forward
slashes in your property file and <pathconvert> to translate them after
you've applied the regex.
Stefan
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