If you want a specific behavior from a script, what if you specifically code that behavior? Then you do not have to depend on antcontrib. I would test to see if a the directory is empty then set the property or call the target that you are expecting in the script.
--glenn On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 14:35, Marina <ppi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Now, if there are no files in the "${destination}/myapp.ear" directory yet > (I'm > building for the first time after cleanup) - the outofdate task still > returns > TRUE. Needless to say, I would prefer the opposite behavior - if no target > files > exist - consider them out-of-date. >