I'm lost Stefan. It's a java properties file, but doesn't have the : escaped when I check it out. Once I run "propertyfile" on it, it decides to change it because it knows better than my developers? This is for Flash Flex, so maybe the properties files are different? I'm not sure but this doesn't seem right to me. In my opinion, Ant should ONLY change the things I tell it to change. To me, this is a kin to M$ autocorrect. Here's the code snippet: test.xml <project name="test" default="testIt"> <target name="testIt"> <!--Before calling the app build, set the version in the properties file--> <propertyfile file="./test.properties"> <entry key="version" value="3.0.0.99"/> </propertyfile> </target> </project test.properties version=3.0.0.98 myURL=http://my.url.com myDIR=C:/goofyPath otherURL=http://other.url.com Run it with: >ant -f test.xml And I get test.properties: #Wed Nov 30 13:46:31 MST 2011version=3.0.0.99 myURL=http\://my.url.com myDIR=C\:/goofyPath otherURL=http\://other.url.com
________________________________ From: Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> To: user@ant.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:24 PM Subject: Re: propertyfile task issues On 2011-11-30, Eric Fetzer wrote: > I'm having some issue with the propertyfile task. I'm simply trying to > substitute a value for one property. For some reason, the propertyfile > task is modifying everything with a :/ to be a \:/. Colons must be escaped with a backslash in Java property files. > I've attached a simple repro. The list doesn't like attachements. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
